Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography

Series: Harvest Book
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; First edition (September 15, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0156005514
ISBN-13: 978-0156005517
 
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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