The other empire : British romantic writings about the Ottoman empire / Filiz Turhan.
Material type: TextSeries: Literary criticism and cultural theoryPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2003. Description: xiii, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0415968054 (Hardcover : alk. paper)Other title: British romantic writings about the Ottoman empireSubject(s): English literature -- Turkic influences | English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism | English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism | Travelers' writings, English -- History and criticism | Travelers -- Turkey -- History | British -- Turkey -- History | Romanticism -- Great Britain | Imperialism in literature | Travelers' writings, English -- Turkey -- History and criticism | Travelers -- Turkey | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Historiography | Great Britain -- Relations -- Turkey | Turkey -- Relations -- Great Britain | Turkey -- In literatureDDC classification: 820.9/32561 LOC classification: PR129.T87 | T87 2003Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | The BIAA David H. French Library Shelf 62 - Reading Room | H2n TURHA 26714 | Not for loan | BOOKS-000000026867 |
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.