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Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography
Author: Roger Shattuck

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Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780156005517 - ISBN-10: 0156005514
Publication Date: 9/15/1997
Pages: 384


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette

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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.

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