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The Highly Civilized Man : Richard Burton and the Victorian World.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (363 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674039483
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Highly Civilized ManDDC classification:
  • 910.92
LOC classification:
  • G246
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
Summary: Though best known as an adventurer who entered Mecca in disguise and sought the source of the White Nile, Richard Burton contributed so forcefully to his generation that he provides us with a singularly panoramic perspective of the Victorian world. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of a remarkable man and a crucial era.
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Intro -- 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.

Though best known as an adventurer who entered Mecca in disguise and sought the source of the White Nile, Richard Burton contributed so forcefully to his generation that he provides us with a singularly panoramic perspective of the Victorian world. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of a remarkable man and a crucial era.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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