Forbidden knowledge : from Prometheus to pornography /
Shattuck, Roger.
New York : St. Martin's Press,
1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-358) and index.
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.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
Sex in literature.
Literature and morals.