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Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography
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Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography Paperback - 1997

by Shattuck, Roger

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A riveting account of the ways in which man's darkest impulses conflict with common sense. From the lessons learned in "Paradise Lost" and the events which transpired in the tales of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Frankenstein" to unlocking the secrets of the atom, Shattuck's brilliant synthesis of history and literature is utterly relevant to our times and addictively readable.

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  • Title Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography
  • Author Shattuck, Roger
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition reprint
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Paperbacks, New York
  • Date 1997-09-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2Y6JCK00AHU8_ns
  • ISBN 9780156005517 / 0156005514
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.32 x 4.98 x 0.87 in (21.13 x 12.65 x 2.21 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Sex in literature, Literature and morals
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97021658
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.933

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Summary

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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  • Publishers Weekly, 08/25/1997, Page 0

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