Captain Burton's oriental muck heap: The book of the thousand nights and the uses of orientalism

Journal of British Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-339

  Kennedy, Dane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84949114788     PISSN: 00219371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386222     Document Type: Review

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