The uses of curiosity in early modern France and Germany

Description:

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.

subjects: Curiosity,  Curiosity in literature,  History,  French literature, history and criticism, 16th century,  French literature, history and criticism, 17th century,  French literature, history and criticism, 18th century,  German literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700,  French literature,  History and criticism,  German literature,  Greek influences