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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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Shattuck, Roger
ISBN: 9780156005517
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.32 x 0.87
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Year: 1997

Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography

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