Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography

Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography
Forbidden Knowledge From Prometheus to Pornography
Author: Roger Shattuck
An intellectual tour-de-force, Forbidden Knowledge is a study of the ethics of literary and scientific inquiry. Shattuck first approaches his subject indirectly, conducting an engaging tour of Western literature: Adam and Eve, Prometheus, Milton's Paradise Lost, Goethe's Faust, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. He then uses t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312146023
ISBN-10: 0312146027
Publication Date: 8/15/1996
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 18

3.5 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

Top Member Book Reviews

Dixie avatar reviewed Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography on + 179 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
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.
Read All 7 Book Reviews of "Forbidden Knowledge From Prometheus to Pornography"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

jdauntless avatar reviewed Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography on + 112 more book reviews
An epic voyage through the world of the sacred and the profane.


Genres: