| Description |
xi, 212 p. |
| Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 209 |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 209.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The 'other' England: Ottoman influence on English identity -- Captivity, apostasy, and imperial anxieties: English fantasies and fears of the Ottoman influence -- Arabic castaways in the high and low churches: debating English Protestantism in the seventeenth-century Ibn Tufayl translations -- The Ottoman influence in Robinson Crusoe: failures of English imperial identity -- Race and romance: Othello, Oroonoko and the decline of the Ottoman influence -- "I am not what I am": reimagining Shakespeare's Moor of Venice, 1603-1787 -- Oriental princes and noble slaves: romance models of race in Oroonoko, 1688-1788 -- Conclusion: The continued anxieties of empire: after the Ottoman influence. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
National characteristics, English -- History -- 18th century.
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Turkeys -- Foreign public opinion, British.
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Public opinion -- Great Britain.
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Imperialism -- History -- 18th century.
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England -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Public opinion.
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Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004214224 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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9789004225435 (electronic bk.) |
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