The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Investigating Early Modern Curiosity
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title:CLIO: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History Publication Type:Journal Article Authors:Picciotto,JoannaEditors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:2002 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:31 Issue:4 Start Page:423 End Page:435 Abstract: Descriptors/Keywords:British and Irish literatures
1500-1899
treatment of curiosity
collecting
meditation
review article
material culture
folk art
role of curiosity
relationship to British and Irish literatures
wonder
empiricism
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Annotation:Picciotto provides a nice summary of the semantic and semiotic complexity of the "curious" in the early modern period.