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.
- ISBN10 0226042634
- ISBN13 9780226042633
- Publish Date 15 March 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 332
- Language English