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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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- PublisherHarvest
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0156005514
- ISBN 13 9780156005517
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages390
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