The Other Empire : British Romantic Writings about the Ottoman Empire.

By: Turhan, FilizMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory SerPublisher: Florence : Routledge, 2003Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (212 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203509289Subject(s): British -- Turkey -- History | English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism | English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | English literature -- Turkic influences | Romanticism -- Great Britain | Travelers -- Turkey -- History | Travelers' writings, English -- Turkey -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Other Empire : British Romantic Writings about the Ottoman EmpireDDC classification: 820.9/32561 LOC classification: PR129.T87 -- T87 2003ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Half-Title -- Chapter One The Slippery Signifier -- "EXTINGUISHED" AND "UNFRUITFUL": BURKE'S AND WOLLSTONECRAFT'S RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF TURKEY -- "LET YOUR TURKISH HISTORY ONLY GOE A DAYES" -- "SCARCE KNOWN UNTO THE WORLD": THE HISTORY OF THE TURKS -- THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- REFORMING SULTANS -- Chapter Two Desire and Disdain: The Travels of Lady Elizabeth Craven -- "YOU KNOW WHY I TRAVEL": THE MARRIAGE OF LORD AND LADY CRAVEN -- "YOU KNOW WHY I [WRITE]": THE HYBRID LITERARY PERSONA IN A JOURNEY -- CRAVEN IN THE EAST -- "DINING WITH THE GRAND SIGNOR": CRITICAL RECEPTION OF A JOURNEY -- Chapter Three Victim, Vixen, and Virago: The Odalisque in Byron's Turkish Tales -- SEX AND VIOLENCE IN THE TURKISH HAREM -- A SPECK OF WHITE: THE BODY OF LEILA -- THE DISOBEDIENT DAUGHTER -- ODALISQUE UNBOUND -- "LATENT FIERCENESS" IN THE FIGURE OF KALED -- Chapter Four "The spoil of wild beasts and unlettered Tartars": Shelley's Uses of the Ottoman Empire and the Figure of the Turk -- "HENRY AND LOUISA" AND THE INVASION OF EGYPT -- THE BEAU IDEAL OF A FAILED REVOLUTION: THE REVOLT OF ISLAM -- "WE ASK MR. SHELLEY HOW HIS CASE APPLIES TO US?" -- DECLINE EQUALS PROGRESS IN THE REVOLT OF ISLAM -- THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE -- HELLAS ON EARTH -- THE EXEMPLARY TYRANT -- "PANTING LOUD AND FAST": THE CHORUS -- Chapter Five Figuring the End of Empire in the City of Constantinople -- A PART FOR THE WHOLE: CONSTANTINOPLE AS THE CENTER OF EMPIRE -- ANXIETIES OF THE CONTACT ZONE -- THE GOLDEN CITY OF THE REVOLT OF ISLAM -- DON JUAN IN THE IMPERIAL PALACE -- THE LONG-DRAWN HISTORY OF THE LAST MAN -- SEPARATE SPHERES/SEPARATE EMPIRES -- "TO READ WERE FUTILE-TO WRITE, VANITY INDEED" -- Epilogue -- LIFE IN ENGLAND -- MASQUERADING AND MARKETING: AUTHORIAL IDENTITY.
GENDER BENDING IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: SEXUAL IDENTITY -- KISSING THE SABER: RACIAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITY -- "THE SHAPE OF THE MIRACULOUS": LITERARY IDENTITIES -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Half-Title -- Chapter One The Slippery Signifier -- "EXTINGUISHED" AND "UNFRUITFUL": BURKE'S AND WOLLSTONECRAFT'S RHETORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF TURKEY -- "LET YOUR TURKISH HISTORY ONLY GOE A DAYES" -- "SCARCE KNOWN UNTO THE WORLD": THE HISTORY OF THE TURKS -- THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- REFORMING SULTANS -- Chapter Two Desire and Disdain: The Travels of Lady Elizabeth Craven -- "YOU KNOW WHY I TRAVEL": THE MARRIAGE OF LORD AND LADY CRAVEN -- "YOU KNOW WHY I [WRITE]": THE HYBRID LITERARY PERSONA IN A JOURNEY -- CRAVEN IN THE EAST -- "DINING WITH THE GRAND SIGNOR": CRITICAL RECEPTION OF A JOURNEY -- Chapter Three Victim, Vixen, and Virago: The Odalisque in Byron's Turkish Tales -- SEX AND VIOLENCE IN THE TURKISH HAREM -- A SPECK OF WHITE: THE BODY OF LEILA -- THE DISOBEDIENT DAUGHTER -- ODALISQUE UNBOUND -- "LATENT FIERCENESS" IN THE FIGURE OF KALED -- Chapter Four "The spoil of wild beasts and unlettered Tartars": Shelley's Uses of the Ottoman Empire and the Figure of the Turk -- "HENRY AND LOUISA" AND THE INVASION OF EGYPT -- THE BEAU IDEAL OF A FAILED REVOLUTION: THE REVOLT OF ISLAM -- "WE ASK MR. SHELLEY HOW HIS CASE APPLIES TO US?" -- DECLINE EQUALS PROGRESS IN THE REVOLT OF ISLAM -- THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE -- HELLAS ON EARTH -- THE EXEMPLARY TYRANT -- "PANTING LOUD AND FAST": THE CHORUS -- Chapter Five Figuring the End of Empire in the City of Constantinople -- A PART FOR THE WHOLE: CONSTANTINOPLE AS THE CENTER OF EMPIRE -- ANXIETIES OF THE CONTACT ZONE -- THE GOLDEN CITY OF THE REVOLT OF ISLAM -- DON JUAN IN THE IMPERIAL PALACE -- THE LONG-DRAWN HISTORY OF THE LAST MAN -- SEPARATE SPHERES/SEPARATE EMPIRES -- "TO READ WERE FUTILE-TO WRITE, VANITY INDEED" -- Epilogue -- LIFE IN ENGLAND -- MASQUERADING AND MARKETING: AUTHORIAL IDENTITY.

GENDER BENDING IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: SEXUAL IDENTITY -- KISSING THE SABER: RACIAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITY -- "THE SHAPE OF THE MIRACULOUS": LITERARY IDENTITIES -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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