Curiosity : A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry
, by Benedict, Barbara M.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780226042640 | 0226042642
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/1/2002
"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.