1st Edition
The Other Empire British Romantic Writings about the Ottoman Empire
By Filiz Swenson
Copyright 2003
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book contributes to the body of postcolonial scholarship that explores the growth of imperial culture in the Romantic and early Victorian periods by focusing on the literary uses of the figure of the Turk and the Ottoman Empire. Filiz Turham analyzes Turkish Tales, novels, and travelogues from c. 1789-1846 to expose the three primary ways in which the Ottoman Other served as a strong... Read more
Contents List of Figures Preface 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: To read the long, dark, interior life: Learning One's Lesson from the Lady Hester Stanhope Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Filiz Turhan's work focuses on romanticism, with specific emphasis on orientalism, imperialism, and the gothic. Her current research project is focused on the discursive construction of the Turks in twentieth-century fiction, travel literature, and film. She is assistant professor of English at Suffolk Community College and teaches courses in literature and composition.
