Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography

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.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 09/15/1997
ISBN: 9780156005517
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.32h x 4.98w x 0.87d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/25/1997