LEADER 03669nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910807042703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 0 $a0191514853 010 0 $a9780191514852 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035799 035 $a(CKB)24235092400041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422507 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422507 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233767 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75672 035 $a(OCoLC)476257604 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235092400041 100 $a20050713d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFabulous orients $efictions of the East in England, 1662-1785 /$fRos Ballaster 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $axiii, 408 p. $cill 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 376-392) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- 1. NARRATIVE MOVES -- Dinarzade, the second string -- The state of narrative -- 2. SHAPE-SHIFTING: ORIENTAL TALES -- Fadlallah and Zemroude: transmigratory desires -- The framed sequence -- Travellers' tales -- Fictional letters -- Histories -- Heroic drama -- A passion for tales -- 3. TALES OF THE SERAGLIO: TURKEY AND PERSIA -- Roxolana: the loquacious courtesan -- Speaking likenesses: Turkey and Persia -- Loquacious women I: staging the Orient -- Loquacious women II: narrating the Orient -- Speculative men I: spies and correspondents -- Speculative men II: court secrets -- 'Fabulous and Romantic': the 'Embassy Letters' and 'The Sultan's Tale' -- 4. 'BEARING CONFUCIUS' MORALS TO BRITANNIA'S EARS': CHINA -- Tourandocte, the riddling princess -- Chinese whispers -- Orphans and absolutism: tragedies of state -- Empire of Dulness -- Narrative transmigrations -- Chinese letters of reason -- Madness and civilization -- 5. 'DREAMS OF MEN AWAKE': INDIA -- Canzade: the illusory sati -- India as Illusion -- 'The dreaming Priest': Aureng-Zebe -- The treasures of the East: Indian tales -- Tales of India: weaving illusions -- The Indian fable: rational animals -- Waking from the dream -- 6. EPILOGUE: ROMANTIC REVISIONS OF THE ORIENT -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. 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. 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 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 $a9910807042703321 996 $aFabulous orients$9783504 997 $aUNINA