Fabulous Orients: Fictions of the East in England 1662-1785

By Ros Ballaster

Book Overview

'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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199234299
• ISBN13: 9780199234295
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"