Richard Francis Burton
This volume offers a critical insight into the life and work of the controversial Victorian explorer and translator Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). It investigates Burton’s significant contribution to ongoing contemporary debates through an analysis of a selection of his travel accounts and his erotic translations, with particular reference to his re-elaboration of dominant discourses on race, gender and sexuality.
This volume offers a critical insight into the life and work of the controversial Victorian explorer and translator Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). It investigates Burton’s significant contribution to ongoing contemporary debates through an analysis of a selection of his travel accounts and his erotic translations, with particular reference to his re-elaboration of dominant discourses on race, gender and sexuality.
| Autor: | Antosa, Silvia |
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| ISBN: | 9783034313605 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 219 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers |
| Veröffentlicht: | 20.02.2013 |
| Untertitel: | Victorian Explorer and Translator |
| Schlagworte: | 19th Century English Literature Antosa Burton English and American Cultural and Regional Studies Explorer Francesco Francis Literary Criticism Marroni Richard |
Silvia Antosa lectures in English Literature at the University of Palermo. Her publications include Omosapiens II: Spazi e identità queer (2007), Crossing Boundaries: Bodily Paradigms in Jeanette Winterson’s Fiction 1985-2000 (2008), Queer Crossings: Theories, Bodies, Texts (2012), Gender and Sexuality: Rights, Language and Performativity (2012).