Sway of the Ottoman Empire on English identity in the long eighteenth century [electronic resource] /
by Emily M.N. Kugler.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- xi, 212 p.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 209 0920-8607 ; .
- Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 209. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
National characteristics, English--History--18th century. Turkeys--Foreign public opinion, British. Public opinion--Great Britain. Imperialism--History--18th century.
England--Civilization--18th century. Turkey--History--Public opinion.--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Great Britain--History--18th century.