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Friendly Examiner

Name: Friendly Examiner
Brand: Zagava Books
SKU: 9783949341045
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Autor: Louis Marvick

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When we remember the literature of the Age of Reason, we think of satires and essays debunking the e...

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Autor

Louis Marvick

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2021

Pagini

202

EAN

9783949341045

ISBN

3949341048

Enbook ID

35840747

Editura

Zagava Books

Greutate

304

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 12

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When we remember the literature of the Age of Reason, we think of satires and essays debunking the extravagance of the imagination, or of projects for improving the material conditions of mankind. We do not think of the tale of terror. Of course not! The leaders of the Enlightenment wanted to dispel the darkness where monsters live, not thicken it-not magnify it. In fact (and this is not generally known) the editors of the first Encyclopaedia even took the bold step of engaging an intrepid young rationalist to investigate outbreaks of superstition, and to expose the machinery of charlatanism or the delusions of ignorance that inspired them. His first assignment: to get to the bottom of a ridiculous report that a giant blood-sucking spider has been preying on the inhabitants of a remote village in the Black Forest. Utter nonsense, of course...