The Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776-1923, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Auteur : Katz David S.
This book is about the principal writings that shaped the perception of Turkey for informed readers in English, from Edward Gibbon?s positing of imperial Decline and Fall to the proclamation of the Turkish Republic (1923), illustrating how Turkey has always been a part of the modern British and European experience. It is a great sweep of a story: from Gibbon as standard textbook, through Lord Bryon the pro-Turkish poet, and Benjamin Disraeli the Romantic novelist of all things Eastern, followed by John Buchan's Greenmantle First World War espionage fantasies, and then Manchester Guardian reporter Arnold Toynbee narrating the fight for Turkish independence.
David S. Katz is Director of the Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization at Tel Aviv University, Israel where he has taught since 1978. He also holds the Abraham Horodisch Chair for the History of Books.
Explores the principal writings which shaped the perception of Turkey in England
Looks at a broad range of works from Edward Gibbon to Byron and Buchan
Illustrates Turkey's place in British and European imagination and experience
Date de parution : 06-2018
Ouvrage de 299 p.
14.8x21 cm
Thèmes de The Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776-1923 :
Mots-clés :
Ottoman Empire; Balkans; Literature; 'Sick Man of Europe'; Orientalism
