The Muslim practice of concealing women from the eyes of alien men tempted Europeans to extravagant projections of their own wishes and fears. This volume examines the art that resulted from the late 17th to the early 20th century, including travel writing, literature, painting and opera.
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Ruth Bernard Yeazell is Chace Family Professor of English and director of the Lewis Walpole Library at Yale University.
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- Fabulous Orients: Fictions of the East in England 1662-1785 by Ros Ballaster on page 12, and Back Matter
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