LEADER 03072nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910458609903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-75672-1 010 $a0-19-151485-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000402342 035 $a(EBL)422507 035 $a(OCoLC)476257604 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000152709 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11150630 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152709 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10391448 035 $a(PQKB)10318831 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422507 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422507 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233767 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75672 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000402342 100 $a20050713d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFabulous orients$b[electronic resource] $efictions of the East in England, 1662-1785 /$fRos Ballaster 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (423 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-926733-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 376-392) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. NARRATIVE MOVES; 2. SHAPE-SHIFTING: ORIENTAL TALES; 3. TALES OF THE SERAGLIO: TURKEY AND PERSIA; 4. 'BEARING CONFUCIUS' MORALS TO BRITANNIA'S EARS': CHINA; 5. 'DREAMS OF MEN AWAKE': INDIA; 6. EPILOGUE: ROMANTIC REVISIONS OF THE ORIENT; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe first book-length study of the oriental tale in England since 1908, Fabulous Orients is an original work of criticism which illustrates the centrality of narratives of and from the eastern territories of Turkey, Persia, China, and India in the formation of the novel and constructions of western identity in a culture on the threshold of empire. - ;Narrative moves. Stories migrate from one culture to another, over vast distances sometimes, but their path is often difficult to trace and obscured by time. Fabulous Orients looks at the traffic of narrative between Orient and Occident in the eig 606 $aEnglish literature$xAsian influences 606 $aEnglish literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xHistory and criticism 606 $aOrientalism in literature 606 $aExoticism in literature 607 $aMiddle East$xIn literature 607 $aOrient$xIn literature 607 $aAsia$xIn literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xAsian influences. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aOrientalism in literature. 615 0$aExoticism in literature. 676 $a820.9/3256 700 $aBallaster$b Rosalind$0168414 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458609903321 996 $aFabulous orients$9783504 997 $aUNINA