| Description |
xiv, 234 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Polygamy, slavery, and the colonies : Montesquieu's De l'esprit des lois -- Truth and representations : old and new languages in the Lettres persanes -- Intimacy exposed : gender, race, and language in the Oriental tale -- Spilt figures : women and language in the Oriental travelogue -- The modernist turn in orientalism : Gautier's Egyptian tales. |
| Subject |
French literature -- Asian influences.
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Orient -- In literature.
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| ISBN |
0804751005 (pbk.) |
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0804741042 (alk. paper) |
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