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Curiosity : A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry by Barbara M. Benedict (2002, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226042642

ISBN-139780226042640

eBay Product ID (ePID)2353079

Product Key Features

Number of Pages296 Pages

Publication NameCuriosity : a Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

SubjectGeneral, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorBarbara M. Benedict

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN00-009934

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal820.9/353

Table Of ContentLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION INSPECTING AND SPECTATING: MONSTERS, RARITIES, AND INVESTIGATORS CHAPTER ONE REGULATING CURIOSITY The Discipline of Fraud Curiosity as Second Sight CHAPTER TWO CONSUMING CURIOSITY Monstrous Modernity and Curious Art The Curious Eye CHAPTER THREE FROM THE CURIOUS TO THE CURIO The Inquiry of Eve Women as Closeted Curiosities CHAPTER FOUR CONNOISSEURSHIP IN THE MENTAL CABINET Curiosities of Artful Nature Collecting Culture in the Printed Museum CHAPTER FIVE PERFORMING CURIOSITY The Curios Control of Nature Curiosity as Social Reform CONCLUSION TRANSGRESSION AND AMBITION NOTES INDEX

SynopsisIn this striking social history, Barbara M. Benedict draws on the texts of the early modern period to discover the era's attitudes toward curiosity, a trait we learn was often depicted as an unsavory form of transgression or cultural ambition., "Pithy and wide-ranging. . . . This study provides a fresh new lens through which to reinvestigate the whole of early modern English literature."-- Library Journal In this striking social history, Barbara M. Benedict draws on the texts of the early modern period to discover the era's attitudes toward curiosity, a trait we learn was often depicted as an unsavory form of transgression or cultural ambition., "Pithy and wide-ranging. . . . This study provides a fresh new lens through which to reinvestigate the whole of early modern English literature."- Library Journal In this striking social history, Barbara M. Benedict draws on the texts of the early modern period to discover the era's attitudes toward curiosity, a trait we learn was often depicted as an unsavory form of transgression or cultural ambition.