Curiosity – A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
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- ISBN 9780226042640
- Weight: 502g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2002
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
Barbara M. Benedict is professor in and chair of the English department at Trinity College, Connecticut. She is the author of Making the Modern Reader and Framing Feeling.
