Forbidden Knowledge by Roger Shattuck
A riveting account of the ways in which man's darkest impulses conflict with common sense. From the lessons learned in Paradise Lost and the events which transpired in the tales of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein to unlocking the secrets of the atom, Shattuck's brilliant synthesis of history and literature is utterly relevant to our times and addictively readable.
Roger Shattuck was a scholar, writer and literary critic, best known for his studies on French literature, culture, and Proust. He was born in 1923, received his B.A. at Yale, and was appointed to the Society of Fellows at Harvard. He has been a recipient of both a Fulbright and a Guggenheim grant. He taught at Harvard, the University of Texas, the University of Virginia and Boston University, from which he retired in 1997. He is the author of several books of literary criticism as well as several definitive texts on Proust. His biography of Proust won the National Book Award in 1975. Shattuck died in 2005.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780156005517 |
| ISBN 10 | 0156005514 |
| Title | Forbidden Knowledge |
| Author | Roger Shattuck |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harper Paperbacks |
| Year published | 1997-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 369 |
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