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Omai : First Polynesian Ambassador to England—The True Story of His Voyage There in 1774 with Captain Cook; of How He was Feted by Fanny Burney, Approved by Samuel Johnson; Entertained by Mrs Thrale & Lord Sandwich; and Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds / Thomas Blake Clark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Thomas Blake, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (122 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- An account of how a "noble savage" from Tahiti was lionized by literary and social circles in England and became the inspiration for one of the most successful stage shows of the eighteenth century. A facsimile of the first (limited) edition.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- I. Forth from Summer Seas
- II. The Answering One
- III. Quest for the Noble Savage
- IV. “The Graces, the Graces, the Graces”
- V. The Lyon of Lyons
- VI. Omai at Covent Garden
- VII. Farewell to English Earth and Sky
- VIII. Last Words
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)
- ISBN:
- 0-8248-8525-2
- OCLC:
- 1253314149
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