Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality, Religion, and WorkUniversity of Michigan Press, 1995 - 417 pages A study of two centuries of British women's travel to the Middle East provides new perspectives for understanding the history of colonialism |
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... oriental themes set in the East and uses the frame structure of the Alf - lyla . Beyond these common fea- tures it is convenient to distinguish four forms . They are : the oriental romance ; the fantastic tale of magic and supernatural ...
... oriental themes set in the East and uses the frame structure of the Alf - lyla . Beyond these common fea- tures it is convenient to distinguish four forms . They are : the oriental romance ; the fantastic tale of magic and supernatural ...
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... oriental despot . He is licentious and gluttonous , ' much addicted to women and the pleasures of the table'.30 His domestic tyranny is more than matched by his despotic rule . Beckford's usage of the harem as metaphor for corrupt ...
... oriental despot . He is licentious and gluttonous , ' much addicted to women and the pleasures of the table'.30 His domestic tyranny is more than matched by his despotic rule . Beckford's usage of the harem as metaphor for corrupt ...
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... Oriental Influences ; Martha Pike Connant , The Oriental Tale in England in the Eighteenth Century ( New York , 1908 ) . For the philosophical tale and the philosoph as ethnographer see Pierre Martin , L'orient dans la literature ...
... Oriental Influences ; Martha Pike Connant , The Oriental Tale in England in the Eighteenth Century ( New York , 1908 ) . For the philosophical tale and the philosoph as ethnographer see Pierre Martin , L'orient dans la literature ...
Table des matières
A Note on the Historiography | 4 |
14 | 29 |
Literary Travellers | 48 |
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Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality ... Billie Melman Affichage d'extraits - 1992 |
Women's Orients--English Women and the Middle East, 1718-1918: Sexuality ... Billie Melman Affichage d'extraits - 1992 |
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