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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799973103321

Autore

Turhan Filiz <1967-, >

Titolo

The other empire : British romantic writings about the Ottoman empire / / by Filiz Turhan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-88446-3

0-415-76265-0

1-135-88447-1

1-280-04629-5

0-203-50928-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Disciplina

820.9/32561

Soggetti

English literature - Turkic influences

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

English literature - 18th century - History and criticism

Travelers' writings, English - Turkey - History and criticism

Travelers - Turkey - History

British - Turkey - History

Romanticism - Great Britain

Imperialism in literature

Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Historiography

Great Britain Relations Turkey

Turkey Relations Great Britain

Turkey 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 (p. 187-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Half-Title; Chapter One The Slippery Signifier; Chapter Two Desire and Disdain: The Travels of Lady Elizabeth Craven; Chapter Three Victim, Vixen, and Virago: The Odalisque in Byron's Turkish Tales; Chapter Four "The spoil of wild beasts and unlettered Tartars": Shelley's Uses of the Ottoman Empire and the Figure of the Turk; Chapter Five Figuring the End of Empire in



the City of Constantinople; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study provides copious historical context for the role the Ottoman Empire played in the development of imperial discourses in a time when the colonial holdings of Great Britain increased exponentially.