Three Oriental Tales: The History of Nourjahad, Vathek, and The Giaour (New Riverside Editions) - Softcover

Sheridan, Frances; Beckford, William; Byron, Lord; Richardson, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618107312 ISBN 13: 9780618107315

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

This engaging volume presents the complete texts of three of the most important, and historically popular, examples of the Oriental tale genre. Supporting contextual material includes samples of Orientalist writing from The Spectator, Johnson's Rambler, Goldsmith's Citizen of the World, and Edgeworth's complete tale "Murad the Unlucky," as well as a selection of modern critical essays.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan J. Richardson is professor and chair of the accounting area at the Schulich School of Business. He holds a Ph.D. from Queen's University and is an FCGA and Life Member of the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario. He was the founding editor of "Canadian Accounting Perspectives" and currently sits on the editorial boards of ten academic journals. His research focuses on the regulation of audit practice rights. He has published in "Accounting Organizations and Society", "Contemporary Accounting Research", "Journal of Accounting Research", and "Accounting Historians Journal", among others

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0618107312
• ISBN 13: 9780618107315
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 327