Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, 2001
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- Title
- Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
- Author
- Benedict, Barbara M.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0226042642
- ISBN 13
- 9780226042640
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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