Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography

Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography - Paperback

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Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography - Paperback

Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography - Paperback

by Roger Shattuck
$21.87
$21.87

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by Roger Shattuck (Author)

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.

Number of Pages: 384
Dimensions: 0.87 x 8.32 x 4.98 IN
Publication Date: September 15, 1997
ISBN9780156005517
Author Roger Shattuck
PublisherHarper Paperbacks
GenreHistory, Literature, and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 1997
LanguageENG- English
Pages384
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Roger Shattuck

Roger Shattuck (1923-2005) was born in New York City, studied at Yale, and taught at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Virginia, and Boston University. A frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, he was the author of The Banquet Years, The Innocent Eye, Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography, and Marcel Proust, which was awarded the National Book Award in 1975. His book The Forbidden Experiment (2025) and his edition of Helen Keller's The World I Live In (2004) are published by NYRB Classics.

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