num_pages: 275
description: One of the most singular books in all English literature, Charles Montagu Doughty's "Travels in Arabia Deserta" is remarkable both for the scientific revelations it offered to the late Victorian world and for the brilliantly unique style adopted by the author. Through an artful combination of Arabic and English syntax and diction, Doughty sought to render a foreign way of life and thought and to depict a distant landscape of dramatic contrasts and stark, barren beauty. This book reassesses the artistry and scientific contributions of a book that has received scant critical attention since its publication in 1888. Collected and introduced by Stephen E. Tabachnick, these ten original essays examine this immense masterwork.
language: English
title: Explorations in Doughty's Arabia Deserta
titlecomplete: Explorations in Doughty's Arabia Deserta
publisher: University of Georgia Press