Forbidden knowledge


Title	Forbidden knowledge from Prometheus to pornography
Author	Roger Shattuck
Publication	St. Martin's
Size	XIII, 369p
Language	ENG
ISBN	0312146027
Topics	Literature and morals Sex in literature Customs and manners--Taboos Social control
Notes	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

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