Dear All,
Would you have a favourite line or two to recommend? Replies to
Chrissie, please, and apologies for any cross-postings.
Remember that the original request was not to the RK list, so credit
the author...
Regards,
John
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From: Chrissie Bradstreet <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Apr 27, 2006 10:58 AM
Subject: odour and the East
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Hi,
I am looking for particularly evocative descriptions of the odours of
the Near, Middle or Far East written c.1880 - 1905.
eg: spices, perfumes, incense, market and food smells, floral odours,
body odour, dirt, animals, coffee, smoking etc etc.
These descriptions of place could be in travel diaries, journal
articles, travel guides, letters, or novels -- any written source
really!
Even better still --- in travel accounts by Orientalist artists.
And I am still looking for any sources relating to the odour of
pomegranates!
Thanks,
Christina Bradstreet
School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media
Birkbeck College
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