Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography
In his “best achievement to date” (Harold Bloom), National Book Award- winner Roger Shattuck gives us a “deeply learned, highly intelligent, and beautifully written” (New York Times) study of human curiosity versus the taboo, from Adam and Eve to the Marquis de Sade to biotechnology research. Index.
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In his “best achievement to date” (Harold Bloom), National Book Award- winner Roger Shattuck gives us a “deeply learned, highly intelligent, and beautifully written” (New York Times) study of human curiosity versus the taboo, from Adam and Eve to the Marquis de Sade to biotechnology research. Index.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156005517 (0156005514)
Publish date: September 15th 1997
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Science,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
20th Century,
Culture,
Philosophy,
Sexuality,
Psychology
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