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Terminal essay, Section D, « PEDERASTY », extrait de de sa traduction des MILLE ET UNE NUITS, Vol. 10, pp. 178-219, Sir Richard Francis Burton (1885) — En anglais. Disponible ici en format MicrosoftWord (.doc).
Richard Burton’s ten–volume translation of the The Arabian Nights was followed by a ‘Terminal Essay’ addressing a number of interpretative issues. Section D addressed « pederasty ». Although Burton is careful to use words like « vice » and « inversion », this essay represents one of the earliest modern efforts to collect and make know both cross-cultural and historical information about « homosexuality » (a word not used by Burton).
