The Highly Civilized Man : : Richard Burton and the Victorian World / / Dane Kennedy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Kennedy, Dane,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Introduction --; I. The Gypsy --; II. The Orientalist --; III. The Impersonator --; IV. The Explorer --; V. The Racist --; VI. The Relativist --; VII. The Sexologist --; VIII. The Afterlife --; A Note on Sources --; Notes --; Acknowledgements --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674039483; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674039483
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dane Kennedy.

Though best remembered as an adventurer who entered Mecca in disguise and sought the source of the White Nile, Richard Burton contributed so forcefully to his generation that he provides us with a singularly panoramic perspective on the world of the Victorians. Engagingly written and vigorously argued, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of a remarkable man and a crucial era.