Curiosity A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry |
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| Author:
| Benedict, Barbara M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-04264-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $44.00 |
Book Description:
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"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.
"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.