Enlightenment orientalism : resisting the rise of the novel /

Srinivas Aravamudan here reveals how Oriental tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Naming this body of fiction Enlightenment Orientalism, he poses a range of urgent questions that uncovers the interdependence of Orie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aravamudan, Srinivas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, ©2012.
Temas:
1700-1799
Geschichte 1680-1800.
Orientalism > Europe > History > 18th century.
Orientalism in literature.
European fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Enlightenment > Europe.
Orientalisme > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Roman européen > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Siècle des Lumières > Europe.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Enlightenment.
European fiction.
Literature.
Orientalism.
Aufklärung
Orientalisierende Literatur
Orientalismus > Kunst
Prosa
Roman
Orientalismus.
Literatur.
Roman.
Orientalism i litteraturen.
Upplysningen > Europa.
Skönlitteratur > historia > 1700-talet.
Orientalism > historia > 1700-talet.
Orient > In literature.
Orient > Dans la littérature.
Asia > Orient.
Europe.
Europa
Europa.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Enlightenment orientalism
  • Pseudoethnographies
  • Fiction/translation/transculturation
  • Marana, Behn, Galland, Defoe
  • Oriental singularity
  • Montesquieu, Goldsmith, Hamilton
  • Transcultural allegories
  • Discoveries of new worlds, talking animals, and remote nations
  • Fontenelle, Bidpai, Swift, Voltaire
  • Libertine orientalism
  • Prévost, Crébillon, Diderot
  • The oriental tale as transcultural allegory
  • Manley, Haywood, Sheridan, Smollett
  • Sindbad and Scheherezade, or Benjamin and Joyce.

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