The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster

Julia V. Douthwaite

earliest edition we have, 2002 University Of Chicago Press, 2002 paperback 322 pages

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 perfectibility of mankind. Julia V. Douthwaite recounts reports of feral children such as the wild girl of Champagne (captured in 1731 and baptized as Marie-Angélique Leblanc), offering a fascinating glimpse into beliefs about the difference between...

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Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster edition · 2010 · University of Chicago Press · 9780226160573
Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster edition · 2007 · University of Chicago Press · 9781280339554
The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster paperback · 2002 · University Of Chicago Press · 322 pages · 9780226160566
The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster hardcover · 2002 · University Of Chicago Press · 322 pages · 9780226160559

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