Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
by Barbara M. Benedict
University of Chicago Press, 2001
Cloth: 978-0-226-04263-3 | Paper: 978-0-226-04264-0
Library of Congress Classification PR448.C87B46 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 820.9353
ABOUT THIS BOOK
"Pithy and wide-ranging. . . . This study provides a fresh new lens through which to reinvestigate the whole of early modern English literature."—Library Journal
In this striking social history, Barbara M. Benedict draws on the texts of the early modern period to discover the era's attitudes toward curiosity, a trait we learn was often depicted as an unsavory form of transgression or cultural ambition.
In this striking social history, Barbara M. Benedict draws on the texts of the early modern period to discover the era's attitudes toward curiosity, a trait we learn was often depicted as an unsavory form of transgression or cultural ambition.
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