The uses of curiosity in early modern France and Germany
By: Neil Kenny.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: Curiosity -- History.; Curiosity.; Curiosity in literature.
Description: Between the 16th and 18th centuries, writers obsessively discussed curiosity in order to regulate knowledge or behaviour to establish who should try to know or do what. This title investigates that obsession by developing a language based approach that contributes to debates about knowledge we can have of the past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-476) and index.