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1 online resource (224 pages). |
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| Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; 209
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; 209.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction: The 'Other' England: Ottoman Influence on English Identity; Part One; Chapter One Captivity, Apostasy, and Imperial Anxieties: English Fantasies and Fears of the Ottoman Influence; Chapter Two Arabic Castaways in the High and Low Churches: Debating English Protestantism in the Seventeenth-Century Ibn Tufayl Translations; Chapter Three The Ottoman Influence in Robinson Crusoe: Failures of English Imperial Identity; Part Two; Chapter Four Race and Romance: Othello, Oroonoko and the Decline of the Ottoman Influence. |
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Chapter Five "I Am Not What I Am": Reimagining Shakespeare's Moor of Venice, 1603-1787Chapter Six Oriental Princes and Noble Slaves: Romance Models of Race in Oroonoko, 1688-1788; Conclusion: The Continued Anxieties of Empire: After the Ottoman Influence; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
By focusing on eighteenth-century English textual representations of the Ottomans, we can observe the turning point in public perceptions, the moments when English subjects began to believe British imperial power was a reality rather than an aspiration. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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National characteristics, English -- History -- 18th century.
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National characteristics, English. |
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Public opinion -- Great Britain.
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Public opinion. |
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Social sciences.
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Social sciences. |
| Chronological Term |
1700 - 1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kugler, Emily. Sway of the Ottoman Empire on English Identity in the Long Eighteenth Century. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004214224 |
| ISBN |
9789004225435 (electronic book) |
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9004225439 (electronic book) |
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9781280496486 (MyiLibrary) |
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1280496487 (MyiLibrary) |
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9789004214224 |
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9004214224 |
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