Description
Summary: | 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.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 484 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-476) and index. |
ISBN: | 142376790X 9781423767909 1280757752 9781280757754 9780199271368 0199271364 9786610757756 6610757755 9780191709531 0191709530 |
Access: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |