The highly civilized man : Richard Burton and the Victorian world /

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Richard Burton was one of Victorian Britain's most protean figures. A soldier, explorer, ethnographer, and polyglot of rare power, as well as a poet, travel writer, and translator of the tales of the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra, Burton exercised his abundant talents in a diverse array of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kennedy, Dane Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Burton, Richard Francis, > Sir, > 1821-1890.
Burton, Richard Francis, > Sir, > 1821-1890
1837-1901
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
Scholars > Great Britain > Biography.
Savants > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Adventurers & Explorers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Reference.
TRAVEL > Road Travel.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Adventure.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Explorers
Scholars
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Biography.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria) > Biographies.
Great Britain
History
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. The Gypsy
  • II. The Orientalist
  • III. The Impersonator
  • IV. The Explorer
  • V. The Racist
  • VI. The Relativist
  • VII. The Sexologist
  • VIII. The Afterlife
  • A Note on Sources
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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