| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-358) and index. |
| Contents |
The far side of curiosity -- Milton in the Garden of Eden -- Faust and Frankenstein -- The pleasures of abstinence : Mme de Lafayette and Emily Dickinson -- Guilt, justice, and empathy in Melville and Camus -- Taking stock -- Knowledge exploding : science and technology -- The divine Marquis -- The sphinx and the unicorn -- Appendix I : Six categories of forbidden knowledge -- Appendix II : The occult -- Appendix III : "The sphinz" / by Francis Bacon. |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
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Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
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Literature and morals.
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Literature and morals. |
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Teoría del conocimiento en literatura
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Sexo en literatura
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Literatura y moral
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| ISBN |
0312146027 |
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