Richard Francis Burton

This volume offers a critical insight into the life and work of the controversial Victorian explorer and translator Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). It investigates Burton's significant contribution to ongoing contemporary debates through an analysis of a selection of his travel accounts and his erotic translations, with particular reference to his re-elaboration of dominant discourses on race, gender and sexuality.

Autorentext

Silvia Antosa lectures in English Literature at the University of Palermo. Her publications include Omosapiens II: Spazi e identità queer (2007), Crossing Boundaries: Bodily Paradigms in Jeanette Winterson's Fiction 1985-2000 (2008), Queer Crossings: Theories, Bo dies, Texts (2012), Gender and Sexuality: Rights, Language and Performativity (2012).

Inhalt

Contents: Nation and Empire: Late Victorian Discourses on Race, Gender and Sexuality - Richard F. Burton's Travel Writings: Queer Performative Encounters and Male Homosociality - Burton's Oriental Translations: The Exotic and the Erotic.