Hyde’s Deformity: The Literary Myth of the Fallen Protohuman

Drawing from a variety of examples in world literature, this paper exposits a pervasive, diachronic literary motif in which an early human—the mythic protohuman—exists superior to contemporary humans, whose greatness is reflected in physical stature and aesthetic form, and whose eventual spiritual “...

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Main Author: William M. Webb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-02-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/3/1/59