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

• Autore: Turhan Filiz <1967-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9/32561
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Historiography; Great Britain Relations Turkey; Turkey Relations Great Britain; Turkey In literature
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The other empire
• ISBN: 1-135-88446-3; 0-415-76265-0; 1-135-88447-1; 1-280-04629-5; 0-203-50928-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799973103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Literary criticism and cultural theory.