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* Ignoble Savages

on BBC Radio 3

In the course of his travels, Sir John Mandeville reports seeing 'folk of foul stature and of cursed kind that have no heads, and their eyes be in their shoulders '. Helmut Bonheim , Professor of English at Cologne University, reflects on the long tradition of South American monsters in European Literature, speculating on their origin, function and basis in reality. (R)

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John Mandeville
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Helmut Bonheim

BBC Radio 3

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