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The Book of Love: The Story of the Kamasutra by McConnachie, James
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A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780805088182
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805088180
ISBN-13
9780805088182
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63857268
Product Key Features
Original Language
Hebrew
Book Title
Book of Love : the Story of the Kamasutra
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Love & Romance, Asia / India & South Asia, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Psychology, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-047172
TitleLeading
The
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"A delightfully racy and adventurous life story of a book, combining thorough scholarship with fascinating Orientalist gossip.The Book of Loveilluminates both the luxurious third-century world that gave rise to theKamasutraand the nineteenth-century colonial explorations that brought it to Europe, as well as our own often hilarious response to it." -Wendy Doniger, Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, and translator of the first definitive English edition of theKamasutra "Elegant and stylish... Paints an enticing picture of the society in which the Kamasutra was written." -William Dalrymple, The Times (London) "The truth is far more intriguing than the clichés.... A scholarly, stylish, and entertaining study." -The Sunday Times (London), "A delightfully racy and adventurous life story of a book, combining thorough scholarship with fascinating Orientalist gossip. The Book of Love illuminates both the luxurious third-century world that gave rise to the Kamasutra and the nineteenth-century colonial explorations that brought it to Europe, as well as our own often hilarious response to it." - Wendy Doniger , Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, and translator of the first definitive English edition of the Kamasutra "An altogether first-rate work of intellectual history for ordinary readers... Brings the story up-to-date without stinting on the entertaining pen portraits and anecdotes." - Michael Dirda , The Washington Post "Elegant and stylish... Paints an enticing picture of the society in which the Kamasutra was written." - William Dalrymple , The New York Review of Books "The truth is far more intriguing than the clichés.... A scholarly, stylish, and entertaining study." - The Sunday Times (London), "A delightfully racy and adventurous life story of a book, combining thorough scholarship with fascinating Orientalist gossip.The Book of Loveilluminates both the luxurious third-century world that gave rise to theKamasutraand the nineteenth-century colonial explorations that brought it to Europe, as well as our own often hilarious response to it." -Wendy Doniger, Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, and translator of the first definitive English edition of theKamasutra "An altogether first-rate work of intellectual history for ordinary readers... Brings the story up-to-date without stinting on the entertaining pen portraits and anecdotes." -Michael Dirda,The Washington Post "Elegant and stylish... Paints an enticing picture of the society in which theKamasutrawas written." -William Dalrymple,The New York Review of Books "The truth is far more intriguing than the clichés.... A scholarly, stylish, and entertaining study." -The Sunday Times(London)
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
956.9204/4
Synopsis
An engaging, enlightening "biography" of the ancient Hindu manuscript that has become the world's most famous sex manual. This work tells the full story of the "Kamasutra" and explores how a way of looking at the world has come to be cradled between book covers--and survived., An engaging, enlightening "biography" of the ancient Hindu manuscript that became the world's most famous sex manual The "Kamasutra "is one of the world's best-known yet least-understood texts, its title instantly familiar but its actual contents widely misconstrued. In the popular imagination, it is a work of practical pornography, a how-to guide of absurdly acrobatic sexual techniques. Yet the book began its long life in third-century India as something quite different: a seven-volume vision of an ideal life of urbane sophistication, offering advice on matters from friendship to household decoration. Over the ensuing centuries, the "Kamasutra "was first celebrated, then neglected, and very nearly lost--until an outrageous adventurer introduced it to the West and earned literary immortality.In lively and lucid prose, James McConnachie provides a rare, intimate look at the exquisite civilization that produced this cultural cornerstone. He details the quest of famed explorer Richard F. Burton, who--along with his clandestine coterie of libertines and iconoclasts--unleashed the "Kamasutra "on English society as a deliberate slap at Victorian prudishness and paternalism. And he describes how the "Kamasutra "was driven underground into the hands of pirate pornographers, until the end of the "Lady Chatterley "obscenity ban thrust it once more into contentious daylight. The first work to tell the full story of the "Kamasutra," "The Book of Love "explores how a remarkable way of looking at the world came to be cradled between book covers--and survived., An engaging, enlightening "biography" of the ancient Hindu manuscript that became the world's most famous sex manual The "Kamasutra" is one of the world's best-known yet least-understood texts, its title instantly familiar but its actual contents widely misconstrued. In the popular imagination, it is a work of practical pornography, a how-to guide of absurdly acrobatic sexual techniques. Yet the book began its long life in third-century India as something quite different: a seven-volume vision of an ideal life of urbane sophistication, offering advice on matters from friendship to household decoration. Over the ensuing centuries, the "Kamasutra" was first celebrated, then neglected, and very nearly lost--until an outrageous adventurer introduced it to the West and earned literary immortality. In lively and lucid prose, James McConnachie provides a rare, intimate look at the exquisite civilization that produced this cultural cornerstone. He details the quest of famed explorer Richard F. Burton, who--along with his clandestine coterie of libertines and iconoclasts--unleashed the "Kamasutra" on English society as a deliberate slap at Victorian prudishness and paternalism. And he describes how the "Kamasutra" was driven underground into the hands of pirate pornographers, until the end of the Lady Chatterley obscenity ban thrust it once more into contentious daylight. The first work to tell the full story of the "Kamasutra," "The Book of Love" explores how a remarkable way of looking at the world came to be cradled between book covers--and survived.
LC Classification Number
HQ470.S3M33 2008
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