Monstrous Metamorphosis: Nature, Morality, and the Rhetoric of Monstrosity in Tudor England
Until the middle of the sixteenth century, established English wisdom identified monsters in substantially the same way it had throughout the previous millennium; thereafter a deviation from the traditional pattern materialized. A relaxation of definition created, by 1570, a type of English monster...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1996
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1996, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-21 |
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| Summary: | Until the middle of the sixteenth century, established English wisdom identified monsters in substantially the same way it had throughout the previous millennium; thereafter a deviation from the traditional pattern materialized. A relaxation of definition created, by 1570, a type of English monster virtually unknown before 1550, one that lacked any external sign of its inward monstrosity. English authors, anxiously attempting to come to terms with and find a cure for the widespread political, religious, and social tensions of the mid-Tudor period, realized that, with some creative manipulation, the language of monstrosity would prove a powerful rhetorical tool. By focusing increasingly on deviant behavior rather than physical appearance, mid-Tudor authors (perhaps most notably John Knox and John Ponet) gradually transformed the meanings of familiar symbols, creating in the process a rhetoric of great polemical potency and utility. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2544266 |