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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 man and beast and the means once used to civilize the uncivilized. A variety of

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Author

Julia V. Douthwaite

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226160559

Category

education

Subjects

Literary Criticism, History, Anthropology

Rating

4.62 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14