Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Old Women under Investigation: The Drab Housewife and the Grotesque Hag
- 2 Chimerical Procession: The Poetics of Inversion and Monstrosity
- 3 Priapic Ride: Gigantic Genitals, Penile Theft, and Other Phallic Fantasies
- 4 Magical Metamorphoses: Variations on the Myths of Circe and Medea
- 5 A Visit from the Devil: Horror and Liminality in Caravaggesque Paintings
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Old Women under Investigation: The Drab Housewife and the Grotesque Hag
- 2 Chimerical Procession: The Poetics of Inversion and Monstrosity
- 3 Priapic Ride: Gigantic Genitals, Penile Theft, and Other Phallic Fantasies
- 4 Magical Metamorphoses: Variations on the Myths of Circe and Medea
- 5 A Visit from the Devil: Horror and Liminality in Caravaggesque Paintings
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Art and Witchcraft in Early Modern Italy , pp. 17 - 18Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2023