The uses of curiosity in early modern France and Germany /

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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 h...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Kenny, Neil
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 484 p.) : ill.
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786610757756
1-280-75775-2
0-19-155658-0
1-4237-6790-X
Schlagworte:
Curiosity in literature.
Curiosity.
Curiosity > History.
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