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Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus To Pornography by Roger Shattuck - Used Book - Paperback - 2nd printing - 1996 - from Wolfdreams and Biblio.com

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An exploration of the meaning of moral responsibility in literature and daily life. In Shattuck's view the tragic destiny of Western culture has been to gradually erode all sacredness in a continued transgression of all limits. In the quest for knowledge and ever more rarified experience, the link between boundaries and the moral life has been broken. Shattuck hopes that we can yet recover our innocence by reexamining the greatest myths and stories of our tradition.

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Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus To Pornography

by Shattuck, Roger

2nd printing

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Book description: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 2nd printing. softcover. Very good+, lightly read, like new. ISBN: 0-312146027 .

Bookseller: Wolfdreams (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 2001
Format/binding: Softcover
Book condition: Very good+, lightly read, like new
Edition: 2nd printing
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0312146027
ISBN 13: 9780312146023
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date published: 1996
Pages: 369
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 x 1.25 inches
LCCN: PN56.K64S43 1996
Dewey: 809/.9338
Weight: 1.55 pounds

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