Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry

"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.

Author: Barbara M. Benedict
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 08/01/2002
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.07w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780226042640