Forbidden Knowledge Pa: From Prometheus to Pornography (Harvest Book) - Softcover

Shattuck, Roger

 
9780156005517: Forbidden Knowledge Pa: From Prometheus to Pornography (Harvest Book)

Synopsis

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.

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Synopsis

An examination of the meaning of moral responsibility in literature and our everyday lives suggests that we live in a violated world that dismisses taboos.

About the Author

Roger Shattuck is University Professor and Professor of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature at Boston University.

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ISBN 10:  0312146027 ISBN 13:  9780312146023
Publisher: St Martin's Press, 1996
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