The Lure of the East: the Oriental and Philosophical Tale in Eighteenth-Century England
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English - March 13, 2012 09:34 - 13 minutes - 30 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsCourses Education Arts Books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Professor Ros Ballaster discusses the objectives of oriental tales published in the second half of the 18th Century which use the sheer power of storytelling to conjure up alternative worlds.