The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton

The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton

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作者: Fawn M. Brodie 著

出版社: WW Norton & Co

出版时间: 1984-11

版次: 2

ISBN: 9780393301663

定价: 194.60

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 392页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

Startinginahollowedlogofwoodsomethousandmilesupariver,withaninfinitesimalprospectofreturning!Iaskmyself"Why?"andtheonlyechois"damnedfool!...theDevildrives!"SoRichardFrancisBurton,preparingforanexplorationofthelowerCongoin1863,wrotetoMoncktonMilnesfromtheAfricankingdomofDahomey.Hisanswer,"theDevildrives,"appliesnotonlytohisgeographicaldiscoveriesbutalsotothewholeofhisturbulentlife.BurtonwasatruemanoftheRenaissance.Hewassoldier,explorer,ethnologist,archaeologist,poet,translator,andoneofthetwoorthreegreatlinguistsofhistime.Hewasalsoanamateurphysician,abotanist,ageologist,aswordsman,andasuperbraconteur.HepenetratedthesacredMuslimcitiesofMeccaandMedinaatgreatriskandexploredtheforbiddencityofHararinSomaliland.HesearchedforthesourcesoftheWhiteNileanddiscoveredLakeTanganyika.Burton'spassionwasnotonlyforgeographicaldiscoverybutalsoforthehiddeninman.HisenormouseruditiononthesexualcustomsoftheEastandAfrica,longconfinedbythepruderiesofhistime,finallyfoundexpressioninthenotesandcommentarytohiscelebratedtranslationoftheunexpurgatedArabianNights.Forthismajorbiographyofoneofthemostbafflingheroesofanyera,FawnM.Brodiehasdrawnonoriginalsourcesandanewlydiscoveredcollectionoflettersandpapers. FawnM.BrodiewasprofessorofhistoryattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,andauthorofseveralnotedbiographies,includingThomasJeffersonandTheDevilDrives:ALifeofSirRichardBurton
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Startinginahollowedlogofwoodsomethousandmilesupariver,withaninfinitesimalprospectofreturning!Iaskmyself"Why?"andtheonlyechois"damnedfool!...theDevildrives!"SoRichardFrancisBurton,preparingforanexplorationofthelowerCongoin1863,wrotetoMoncktonMilnesfromtheAfricankingdomofDahomey.Hisanswer,"theDevildrives,"appliesnotonlytohisgeographicaldiscoveriesbutalsotothewholeofhisturbulentlife.BurtonwasatruemanoftheRenaissance.Hewassoldier,explorer,ethnologist,archaeologist,poet,translator,andoneofthetwoorthreegreatlinguistsofhistime.Hewasalsoanamateurphysician,abotanist,ageologist,aswordsman,andasuperbraconteur.HepenetratedthesacredMuslimcitiesofMeccaandMedinaatgreatriskandexploredtheforbiddencityofHararinSomaliland.HesearchedforthesourcesoftheWhiteNileanddiscoveredLakeTanganyika.Burton'spassionwasnotonlyforgeographicaldiscoverybutalsoforthehiddeninman.HisenormouseruditiononthesexualcustomsoftheEastandAfrica,longconfinedbythepruderiesofhistime,finallyfoundexpressioninthenotesandcommentarytohiscelebratedtranslationoftheunexpurgatedArabianNights.Forthismajorbiographyofoneofthemostbafflingheroesofanyera,FawnM.Brodiehasdrawnonoriginalsourcesandanewlydiscoveredcollectionoflettersandpapers.
作者简介:
FawnM.BrodiewasprofessorofhistoryattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,andauthorofseveralnotedbiographies,includingThomasJeffersonandTheDevilDrives:ALifeofSirRichardBurton

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