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The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment Julia V. Douthwaite 2nd edition
The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment
Julia V. Douthwaite
This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectability of mankind. The work contains in-depth reports on feral children and their 'civilisation'.
344 pages, 24 halftones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 15, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226160566 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 322 |
| Dimensions | 169 × 234 × 17 mm · 450 g |
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