British Orientalisms, 1759-1835

ISBN-13: 9781108460101 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 300 str.

James (University of York) Watt

Opis

Illuminates Britons' changing sense of themselves in relation to their Eastern others during an age of empire and revolution.

Recenzje

'… I can't imagine writing about or teaching any of the numerous works discussed in this book without seriously considering and engaging with Watt's careful and insightful readings. This is a valuable book that will inform undergraduate and graduate courses, generate doctoral dissertations, and expand and deepen our understanding of British representations of the East from the Seven Years' War to Macaulay's 'Minute' of 1835.' Daniel E. White, The Wordsworth Circle

Spis treści

Introduction: Britain, Empire, and 'openness' to the East; 1. 'Those islanders': British orientalisms and the Seven Years' War; 2. 'Indian details': fictions of British India, 1774–1789; 3. 'All Asia is covered in prisons': oriental despotism and British liberty in an age of revolutions; 4. 'In love with the Gopia': Sir William Jones and his contemporaries; 5. 'Imperial dotage' and poetic ornament in romantic orientalist verse narrative; 6. Cockney translation: Leigh Hunt and Charles Lamb's eastern imaginings; 7. 'It is otherwise in Asia': 'character' and improvement in picaresque fiction; Conclusion: British orientalisms, Empire, and improvement; Bibliography; Index.