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Multiple Wives, Multiple Pleasures : Representing the Harem, 1800-1875

Multiple Wives, Multiple Pleasures : Representing the Harem, 1800-1875

Multiple Wives, Multiple Pleasures : Representing the Harem, 1800-1875 Paperback - 2002

by Joan Delplato

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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2004. Hardcover, 283 pages, ENG, 290 x 225 x 25 mm, NEW !!!, dustjacket, illustrated in colour / b/w. ISBN 9780838638804. This is a critical study of French and Britis art and written texts (poetry, literature, travel accounts, art criticism)- orientalist works about the harem produced in the period from 1800-1875. Original readings are provided for over 150 harem pictures, from well-known salon paintings to rarely published erotic popular prints and book illustrations. 'Multiple Wives, Multiple Pleasures' examines these works closely, often establishing fresh contexts for many of the more well-known nineteenth century harem pictures, and often providing a consideration of lesser-known harem pictures that have been rarely published until now.
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  • Title Multiple Wives, Multiple Pleasures : Representing the Harem, 1800-1875
  • Author Joan Delplato
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First edition.
  • Pages 283
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2004, Madison
  • Publication date December 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 61501
  • ISBN 9780838638804 / 0838638805
  • Dimensions 11.5 x 9.02 x 0.98 in (29.21 x 22.91 x 2.49 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001040689
  • Dewey Decimal Code 757.409

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This is a critical study of French and Britis art and written texts (poetry, literature, travel accounts, art criticism)- orientalist works about the harem produced in the period from 1800-1875. Original readings are provided for over 150 harem pictures, from well-known salon paintings to rarely published erotic popular prints and book illustrations. 'Multiple Wives, Multiple Pleasures' examines these works closely, often establishing fresh contexts for many of the more well-known nineteenth century harem pictures, and often providing a consideration of lesser-known harem pictures that have been rarely published until now.

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