| View Larger Image | Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry | Paperbackby Barbara M. Benedict (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | University Of Chicago Press | | Page Count: | 296 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 01, 2002 | | Sales Rank: | 1,304,917st |
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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 JournalIn 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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