Viewing the Islamic Orient: British Travel Writers of the Nineteenth Century

Synopsis

The Islamic Orient studies the travel accounts of four British travelers during the nineteenth century. Through a critical analysis of these works, the author examines and questions Edward Said’s concept of "Orientalism" and "Orientalist" discourse: his argument that the orientalist view had such a strong influence on westerners that they invariably perceived the orient through the lens of orientalism. On the contrary, the author argues, no single factor had an overwhelming influence on them. She shows that westerners often struggled with their own conceptions of the orient, and being away for long periods from their homelands, were in fact able to stand between cultures and view them both as insiders and outsiders. The literary devices used to examine these writings are structure, characterization, satire, landscape description, and word choice, as also the social and political milieu of the writers. The major influences in the author’s analysis are Said, Foucault, Abdel-Malek and Marie Louise Pratt.

Copyright:

2007

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

268 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317809296

Related ISBNs:

9781138662339, 9780415401159, 9781315815992

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

08/12/22

Copyrighted By:

Pallavi Pandit Laisram

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Travel, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies

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