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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787829703321

Autore

Baktir Hasan

Titolo

The representation of the Ottoman Orient in eighteenth century English literature : Ottoman society and culture in pseudo-Oriental letters, Oriental tales and travel literature / / Hasan Baktir ; edited by Mustafa Kirca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2012

ISBN

3-8382-6132-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

809.933585

Soggetti

Orientalism in literature

Civilization, Oriental, in literature

Orient In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""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 England""; ""Were 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 Beckfordas Source of the Oriental Perspective in Vathek""; ""Vathek's Difference from Other 18th Century Pseudo-oriental Tales""; ""The Representation



of the Ottoman World in 18th Century Travel-Writing in England""; ""Barbary Captivity and Penelope Aubin'ss 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""

Sommario/riassunto

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 interaction between the Ottoman Orient and 18th century Europe.A number of questions continue to arise in the wake of Said's 1978 landmark study, ""Orientalism"". How monodirectional was the flow of power in such representations?