The uses of curiosity in early modern France and Germany
by Neil Kenny
CuriosityCuriosity in literatureHistoryFrench literature, history and criticism, 16th centuryFrench literature, history and criticism, 17th centuryFrench literature, history and criticism, 18th centuryGerman literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700French literature
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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