Three Oriental Tales: The History of Nourjahad, Vathek, and The Giaour (New Riverside Editions)

Three Oriental Tales: The History of Nourjahad, Vathek, and The Giaour (New Riverside Editions)

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This engaging volume presents the complete texts of three of the most important-and historically popular-examples of the Oriental tale genre. Supporting contextual material includes samples of Orientalist writing from The Spectator, Johnson's Rambler, Goldsmith's Citizen of the World, and Edgeworth's complete tale "Murad the Unlucky," as well as a selection of modern critical essays.

Three Oriental Tales: The History of Nourjahad, Vathek, and The Giaour (New Riverside Editions),Frances Sheridan,William Beckford,Lord Byron,Alan Richardson,Houghton Mifflin Company,0618107312,English literature,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,History and criticism,Literary,Literary Criticism,Literary collections,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,Orient,Orientalism in literature,Short Stories (Anthologies)

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