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Forbidden Knowledge boldly traces the tragic arc of Western literature and culture as it explores the notion of "forbidden knowledge," from the sexual innocence of Adam and Eve to the awe-inspiring discoveries of modern scientists who have created the atomic bomb and recombinant DNA. The result is a dire portrait of human presumption and of a culture that has abandoned all limits in the quest for knowledge and experience. The harrowing imagery that Shattuck presents is matched only by his faith that we can understand our grievous loss of innocence by reexamining our greatest myths and stories…
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Sex in literatureLiterature and moralsKnowledge, Theory of, in literatureSexo en literaturaLiteratura y moralLiteratuurtheorieTeoría del conocimiento en literaturaMoraal
Sex in literatureLiterature and moralsKnowledge, Theory of, in literatureSexo en literaturaLiteratura y moralLiteratuurtheorieTeoría del conocimiento en literaturaMoraal
