free download tales of monstrous madness

Over the last few months, successive drafts have been read by Hal Cook, Emese Lafferton, Chandak Sengoopta, Desirée Cox-Maksimov, and Natsu Hattori, for whose perceptive comments and candid criticism I am deeply grateful. RC438.P67 2002 616.89′009-dc21 2001052329 ISBN 0–19–280266–6 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Typeset in New Baskerville by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Spain by Book Print S.L., BarcelonaĪcknowledgements My thanks to Katharine Reeve of Oxford University Press, who first suggested this book and who has been supportive and critically constructive throughout. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Porter, Roy, 1946–.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organizations. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi São Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto and an associated company in Berlin Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Roy Porter 2002 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2002 All rights reserved. 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.

Free download tales of monstrous madness