Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Readings of the Medieval Orient

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Sikorska, Liliana

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235 Seiten

Englisch

De Gruytererschienen am22.11.2021

This book describes the development of Oriental and Orientalist discourses in historical works and travel narratives of the nineteenth and early twentieth century and compares them to late twentieth-century fictional works.mehr

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KlappentextThis book describes the development of Oriental and Orientalist discourses in historical works and travel narratives of the nineteenth and early twentieth century and compares them to late twentieth-century fictional works.

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-5015-1791-4

ProduktartBuch

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De Gruyter

Erscheinungsjahr2021

Erscheinungsdatum22.11.2021

Seiten235 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

Artikel-Nr.15970832

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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1Introduction: For so in Travailing in One Country he shall sucke the Experience of many. Reading the Orient in Nineteenth-Century Travel Narratives and Historical Works Chapter 1: From Oriental to Orientalist: Contact and Conflict in Culture and LiteratureChapter 2: Al-Ifranij among the Believers, or the Victorian Quest Romance(d)Chapter 3: Under Western Eyes: The Discourses of/on HistoryPart 2Introduction: The dark reservoir of hurt and hate in Contemporary Literature in EnglishChapter 4: Dar Al-Hijira, or the World Of ImmigrationChapter 5: Arabian (K)nights: On Terrorists and TyrantsChapter 6: Through the Looking Glass: Ajanabee in ArabiaConclusion BibliographyIndex of Names and Termsmehr

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"This is an ambitious, engaged and erudite incursion into orientalism and related matters. It will add to critical debate in various fields, ranging from historiography to literary criticism." (Dr. Tabish Khair, novelist, associate professor, Aarhus University)

"This study contributes to research on medievalism in a very original manner: it links the distant past (medieval) with the not-so-distant Orientalism (the nineteenth and early twentieth-century one) and then with present-day culture. Liliana Sikorska writes her book with the intention of re-historicizing the Occident and inscribes her study into the recent debates on political medievalism. Her erudite analysis, complemented with copious references, throws some new light on postmedieval medievalisms that are rarely discussed in the study of medievalism." (Professor Anna Czarnowus, University of Silesia)mehr