TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kennedy,Dane
TI  - The Highly Civilized Man: Richard Burton and the Victorian World
SN  - 9780674039483
AV  - G246 
U1  - 910.92 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Burton, Richard Francis,-Sir,-1821-1890
KW  - Explorers-Great Britain-Biography
KW  - Scholars-Great Britain-Biography
KW  - Great Britain-History-Victoria, 1837-1901-Biography
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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