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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.

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... Read more

    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 01/08/2002
    ISBN13: 9780226042640, 978-0226042640
    ISBN10: 0226042642

    Number of Pages: 296

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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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