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Curiosity|Barbara M. Benedict
Curiosity : A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780226042640
  • ISBN-10: 0226042642
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • Publish Date: August 2002
  • Dimensions: 9.16 x 6.07 x 0.59 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.96 pounds
  • Page Count: 296

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