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020 |a 0521411688  |q hbk. 
040 |a CY  |b University of Cyprus  |e AACR-2 
050 |a PR129.A78L4 1992 
100 1 |a Leask, Nigel,  |d 1958- 
245 1 0 |a British romantic writers and the East:   |b anxieties of empire/  |c Nigel Leask 
260 |a Cambridge:  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c c1992 
300 |a xvi, 266 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
490 0 |a Cambridge studies in Romanticism  |v 2  |a Cambridge studies in Romanticism 
500 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-257) and index. 
500 |a Contents: 1. 'Byron turns Turk': Orientalism and the 'Eastern Tales'. 1. Byron's'Eastern Tales'. 2. The context of the 'Eastern Tales'. 'Samples of theFinest Orientalism'. 3. Epics against empire? Samuel Rogers' 'Voyage ofColumbus' and Byron's 'The Giaour'. 4. Satire against the grain. 5.'The Bride of Abydos'. 6. 'The Corsair'. 7. Resolving 'The Corsair':'Lara' and 'The Island' -- 2. 'Sharp Philanthropy': Percy ByssheShelley and Romantic India. 1. Shelley and India. 2. 'The Assassins'.3. The word in the wilderness. 4. Brahmins, temples and pyres: someRomantic representations of India. 5. The European dimensions oforientalism. 6. 'The Revolt of Islam' and 'Alastor': liberating theOrient? 7. 'Revolutions of Empire' or empire as revolution? 8.Engendering India: the poet and the 'Light of Asia'. 9. 'Alastor: orthe Spirit of Solitude'. 10. 'Can Man be free if Woman be a Slave?':the problem of 'The Revolt's' feminism. 11. The 'Reforming Brahmin' and'Prometheus Unbound'. 
650 0 |a East and West in literature 
650 0 |a English literature  |x History and criticism  |y 19th century 
650 0 |a English literature  |x Oriental influences 
650 0 |a Exoticism in literature 
650 0 |a Imperialism in literature 
650 0 |a Romanticism  |z Great Britain 
651 0 |a Asia  |x In literature 
651 0 |a Orient  |x In literature 
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