TY - BOOK AU - Turhan,Filiz TI - The other empire: British romantic writings about the Ottoman empire T2 - Literary criticism and cultural theory SN - 0415968054 (Hardcover : alk. paper) AV - PR129.T87 T87 2003 U1 - 820.9/32561 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - English literature KW - Turkic influences KW - 19th century KW - History and criticism KW - 18th century KW - Travelers' writings, English KW - Travelers KW - Turkey KW - History KW - British KW - Romanticism KW - Great Britain KW - Imperialism in literature KW - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 KW - Historiography KW - Relations KW - In literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index; The slippery signifier -- Desire and disdain : the travels of Lady Elizabeth Craven -- Victim, vixen, and virago : the odalisque in Byron's Turkish tales -- "The spoil of wild beasts and unlettered Tartars" : Shelley's uses of the Ottoman Empire and the figure of the Turk -- Figuring the end of empire in the city of Constantinople -- "To read the long, dark, interior life" : learning one's lesson from the Lady Hester Stanhope ER -