Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry

By Barbara M. Benedict

Book Overview

"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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226042642
• ISBN13: 9780226042640
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"