Arabian Nights, In Vol. XIII

Name: Arabian Nights, In Vol. XIII
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ISBN: 9781605206028

ISBN-10: 1605206024

ISBN-13: 9781605206028

Edition: 2008

Authors: Richard F. Burton

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Notorious for the delight he took in tweaking the sexual taboos of the Victorian age-as well as the delight he took in the resulting shock of his bashful peers-British adventurer, linguist, and author CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821-1890) is perhaps best remembered for his unexpurgated translation of the Eastern classic The One Thousand and One Nights, more famously known today as The Arabian Nights. Originating in Persian, Indian, and Arabic sources as far back as the ninth century AD, this collection of bawdy tales-which Burton was the first to bring to English readers in uncensored form-has exerted incalculable influence on modern literature. It represents one of the earliest…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Publication date: 1/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

John Hayman is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Victoria and editor of John Ruskin: Letters from the Continent, 1858 and of Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition.