Bibliograph

The shaping of Turkey in the British imagination, 1776-1923, David S. Katz

Type

Label

The shaping of Turkey in the British imagination, 1776-1923, David S. Katz

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The shaping of Turkey in the British imagination, 1776-1923

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

962647083

Responsibility statement

David S. Katz

Series statement

Springer eBooks.

Summary

This book is about the principal writings that shaped the perception of Turkey for informed readers in English, from Edward Gibbon's positing of imperial Decline and Fall to the proclamation of the Turkish Republic (1923), illustrating how Turkey has always been a part of the modern British and European experience. It is a great sweep of a story: from Gibbon as standard textbook, through Lord Bryon the pro-Turkish poet, and Benjamin Disraeli the Romantic novelist of all things Eastern, followed by John Buchan's Greenmantle First World War espionage fantasies, and then Manchester Guardian reporter Arnold Toynbee narrating the fight for Turkish independence.--, Provided by Publisher

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