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The Illustrated Kama Sutra: Ananga-Ranga Perfumed Garden, The Classic Eastern Love Texts (Classic Eastern Love Texts)by Richard F Burton
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Sexual frankness without a hint of guilt or prurience is the great legacy which the Eastern, and in particular Indian, traditions have given us. As an expression of human culture, and as a pillow book for the modern boudoir, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana the most famous work on sex ever written the Ananga-Ranga of Kalyana Malla, and Sheikh Nefzai's Perfumed Garden, set forth the principles of sensual pleasure with poetry, wisdom, and humor, celebrating love as an ecstatic expression of life's beauty.
Here, for the first time, Sir Richard Burton's translations of the classic Eastern love texts have been published in one volume. The first Kama Sutra to be illustrated in color with a dazzling and unique collection of Indian painting and sculpture. These erotic treatises are not sex manuals in the modern sense clinical collections of coital postures but a broader and more humane exploration of Eastern sexual customs. Synopsis:Selections from three Eastern love texts in one volume, handsomely illustrated with a unique collection of Indian art.
About the AuthorSir Richard F. Burton (1821-1890) was one of the greatest traveler-explorers of history, whose life has recently been chronicled both in biography (Captain Sir Richard Burton) and film (Mountains of the Moon). Famous as the translator of The 1001 Arabian Nights, Burton also searched for the headwaters of the Nile and was the discoverer of the central lakes of Africa. Orientalist, prolific author, and member of the Royal Geographic Society, he was one of the most remarkable and controversial men of his century.
Table of ContentsSelections from three Eastern love texts in one volume, handsomely illustrated with a unique collection of Indian art.Sir Richard F. Burton (1821-1890) was one of the greatesttraveler-explorers of history, whose life has recently been chronicledboth in biography (Captain Sir Richard Burton) and film (Mountains of theMoon). Famous as the translator of The 1001 Arabian Nights, Burton alsosearched for the headwaters of the Nile, and was the discoverer of thecentral lakes of Africa. Orientalist, prolific author, and member of theRoyal Geographic Society, he was one of the most remarkable and controversialmen of his century.The Classic Eastern Love Text
Introduction The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana The Ananga-Ranga of Kalyana Malla The Perfumed Garden of Sheikh Nefzawi What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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