TY - BOOK AU - Mahmoud,Fatma Moussa ED - Cairo studies in English. TI - William Beckford of Fonthill, 1760-1844: bicentenary essays AV - PR4092 .M3 PY - 1960/// CY - [Cairo] KW - Beckford, William, KW - Authors, English KW - Homes and haunts KW - England KW - Wiltshire KW - 18th century KW - Biography KW - Wiltshire (England) KW - Intellectual life N1 - "Supplement to Cairo studies in English."; Bibliographical footnotes; The caliph and the swinish multitude, by A. Parreaux.--The decay of Beckford's genius, by B. Alexander.--Beckford's early travels and his "Dream of delusion," by G. Bullough.--Beckford, Portugal and childish error, by M. Wahba.--Beckford, Vathek and the Oriental tale, by F. M. Mahmoud.--Pseudo-orientalism in transition: the age of Vathek, by M. Manzalaoui.--Catalogue of William Beckford bicentenary exhibition at Yale: a review.--Note on contributors ER -