Fabulous Orients by Ros Ballaster
'Fabulous Orients' is an original work of criticism which illustrates the centrality of narratives of and from the eastern territories of Turkey, Persia, China, and India in the novel and constructions of western identity in a culture on the threshold of empire.
a very welcome addition to the available scholarship * TH. Barrett, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *
rich and wide-ranging account of Restoration and eighteenth-century fictions of the East... Critically adriot and historically nuanced... brilliant discussions * Tom Keymer *
rich and wide-ranging account of Restoration and eighteenth-century fictions of the East... Critically adriot and historically nuanced... brilliant discussions * Tom Keymer *
Born in Bombay, India, in 1962, Ros Ballaster has had an abiding interest in eastern culture and narrative. She was a visiting Fellow at Harvard University 1988-89; Lecturer in English Literature at University of East Anglia 1989-1993; and Leverhulme Major Research Fellow 2000-2003. She is currently College and University Fellow in English Literature at Mansfield College, Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199267330 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199267332 |
| Title | Fabulous Orients |
| Author | Ros Ballaster |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2005-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 422 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize 2006. |
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