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Friendly Examiner

Name: Friendly Examiner
Brand: Zagava Books
SKU: 35840747
Price: 20.99 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Louis Marvick
ISBN: 9783949341045

Louis Marvick

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 35840747

Publishers Zagava Books, April 2021

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

Libristo code: 35840747

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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...