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Friendly Examiner

Name: Friendly Examiner
Brand: Zagava Books
SKU: 9783949341045
Price: 83.49 PLN
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Autor: Louis Marvick

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Zagava Books

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

Informacje o książce

Autor

Louis Marvick

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2021

strony

202

EAN

9783949341045

ISBN

3949341048

Enbook ID

35840747

Wydawca

Zagava Books

Waga

304

Wymiary

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...