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... monsters which crowd into the last pages of Flaubert's Temptation of St Anthony . A lighter touch was to be found in ... monsters of Darwinian theory . Other monsters haunted his dreams as well . These include the Cheshire Cat of English ...
... monsters which crowd into the last pages of Flaubert's Temptation of St Anthony . A lighter touch was to be found in ... monsters of Darwinian theory . Other monsters haunted his dreams as well . These include the Cheshire Cat of English ...
Page 170
... monsters , real monsters in the old tradition , still exist in the haunted hearts and minds of modern man , and in some not so distant parts of the world as well . CHAPTER TWENTY - THREE MODERN MONSTERS Monsters are not merely 170.
... monsters , real monsters in the old tradition , still exist in the haunted hearts and minds of modern man , and in some not so distant parts of the world as well . CHAPTER TWENTY - THREE MODERN MONSTERS Monsters are not merely 170.
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The Natural History of Fabulous Animals Peter Costello. CHAPTER TWENTY - THREE MODERN MONSTERS Monsters are not merely imaginary creatures from past times . Even today they lurk in the remote , and not so remote , areas of the world ...
The Natural History of Fabulous Animals Peter Costello. CHAPTER TWENTY - THREE MODERN MONSTERS Monsters are not merely imaginary creatures from past times . Even today they lurk in the remote , and not so remote , areas of the world ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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