Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 2002
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Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 296 p. Contains: Unspecified. Audience: General/trade. several pages have notes or underlining, but mostly clean copy.
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- Title
- Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
- Author
- Benedict, Barbara M
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Good.
- 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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