Forbidden Knowledge From Prometheus to Pornography

Name: Forbidden Knowledge From Prometheus to Pornography
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ISBN: 9780156005517

ISBN-10: 0156005514

ISBN-13: 9780156005517

Edition: 1996

Authors: Roger Shattuck

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In his “best achievement to date” (Harold Bloom), National Book Award- winner Roger Shattuck gives us a “deeply learned, highly intelligent, and beautifully written” (New York Times) study of human curiosity versus the taboo, from Adam and Eve to the Marquis de Sade to biotechnology research. Index.

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/15/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Roger Shattuck taught for many years at Boston University and now resides in Vermont. He is the author, most recently, of "Candor & Perversion".