Oriental Panorama

British Travellers in 19th Century Turkey
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-420-0796-3
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 33, 446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 962 g

Reihe: Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schiffer, Reinhold

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Preface. 2. Illustrations. 3. Travails: the Material and Mental Conditions of Travelling to and in Turkey. 4. Cutthroats: British Travellers and the Hazards of Piracy and Banditry. 5. The Genius of the Place: Images of the Turkish Countryside. 6. Useless Urns: Travellers and their Search for Classical Antiquities. 7. Le Petit Paris du Levant: 19th Century Izmir. 8. 19th Century Istanbul as Aesthetic Object. 9. Istanbul as Labyrinth. 10. Lions: the Sights of Istanbul. 11. Ottoman Slavery. 12. Manifestations of Islam. 13. Ottoman Outdoor Recreations. 14. Ottoman Meals and British Palates. 15. Body and Soul: The Physical and Moral Character of the Ottoman Turks. 16. Odious Comparisons: Images of Greeks, Armenians and Jews. 17. The Invention of Ottoman Women. 18. God's Shadows on Earth: the Sultans. 19. Silken Cords: The Visibility of Ottoman Justice. 20. Our Man in Istanbul: Travellers and the Critics. 21. Brief Lives: The Careers, Routes and Views of Travellers in Turkey and the Verdict of the Periodicals. Selective Index. Key to Periodicals. Primary Sources. Secondary Sources.