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The representation of the Ottoman Orient in eighteenth century English literature : Ottoman society and culture in pseudo-Oriental letters, Oriental tales and travel literature /
Inspired by the growing interest in oriental countries and cultures, Hasan Baktir examines the representation of the ""Ottoman Orient"" in 18th century English literature, taking a new perspective to achieve a comprehensive understanding and investigating different aspects of the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Stuttgart :
Ibidem-Verlag,
[2010]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Editor's Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Orientalism and the Representation of the Ottoman Orient; The Representation of the Ottoman Empire from the International and Negotiating Perspective of 18th Century English Literature; Critical and Theoretical Assumptions of the Study; Interactions Between the Ottomans and English Society in the Pseudo-Oriental Letters and the Introduction ofthe Foreign Observer to 18th Century England; The Representation of the Ottoman Orient in the Pseudo-oriental Letters and the Development of the Foreign Observer.
- The Negotiation of the Turkish Spy and the Persian Letters in EnglandWere the Ottomans Represented in Pseudo-oriental Letters?; The Representation of the Ottoman Orient in 18th Century Oriental Tales in England; The Arabian Nights and Pseudo-oriental Tales in 18th Century England; Rasselas: The Prince of Abyssinia (1759); Johnson's Idea of the Orient and the Source of Rasselas; Representation of the Middle Eastern Orient in Vathek (1786); William Beckford's Biography and Vathek (1786); William Beckford's Source of the Oriental Perspective in Vathek.
- Vathek's Difference from Other 18th Century Pseudo-oriental TalesThe Representation of the Ottoman World in 18th Century Travel-Writing in England; Barbary Captivity and Penelope Aubin's Strange Adventure of Count de Vinevil; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Turkish Embassy Letters (1769); Elizabeth Craven: A Journey Through Crimea to Constantinople (1789); Conclusion; References.