Orientalism, Volume 10A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. |
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Page 180
... sort produced by Gautier ( himself fascinated by the Orient ) , Swinburne , Baudelaire , and Huysmans.94 For Nerval and Flaubert , such female figures as Cleopatra , Salomé , and Isis have a special significance ; and it was by no means ...
... sort produced by Gautier ( himself fascinated by the Orient ) , Swinburne , Baudelaire , and Huysmans.94 For Nerval and Flaubert , such female figures as Cleopatra , Salomé , and Isis have a special significance ; and it was by no means ...
Page 189
... sort of dangerous charm , he is finally given a glimpse into the biological processes of life ; he is delirious at being able to see life being born , a scene for which Flaubert felt himself to be incompetent during his Oriental sojourn ...
... sort of dangerous charm , he is finally given a glimpse into the biological processes of life ; he is delirious at being able to see life being born , a scene for which Flaubert felt himself to be incompetent during his Oriental sojourn ...
Page 190
... sort . Just as the various colonial possessions quite apart from their economic benefit to metropolitan Europe were useful as places to send wayward sons , superfluous populations of delin- quents , poor people , and other undesirables ...
... sort . Just as the various colonial possessions quite apart from their economic benefit to metropolitan Europe were useful as places to send wayward sons , superfluous populations of delin- quents , poor people , and other undesirables ...
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