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The Paramaterial Phantasy

Reuben’s Mandrakes

While writing my last post on Ambroise Paré’s monstrous Phantasy, I came across a reference to Genesis 30 that captured my own imagination. Having researched and written before on the passages from Paré and Montaigne I discussed there, I somehow overlooked the bizarre Biblical reference that appeared in each. In previously thinking about representations of […]

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Posted in Politics, Tangents Tagged Shakespeare, cultural criticism, gay marriage, Genesis, Herbals, mandrake, marriage equality, politics, religion 1 Comment

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