Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography

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.


Author: Roger Shattuck
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 09/15/1997
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.32h x 4.98w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9780156005517
ISBN10: 0156005514
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- History | Civilization
- Literary Criticism | General