Enlightenment Orientalism resisting the rise of the novel /

Aravamudan, Srinivas

Enlightenment Orientalism resisting the rise of the novel / [Texte imprimé] : Srinivas Aravamudan - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, cop. 2012 - 1 vol. (XVI-342 p.) : couv. ill., ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. 301-327

Enlightenment orientalism -- Pseudoethnographies -- Fiction/translation/transculturation : Marana, Behn, Galland, Defoe -- Oriental singularity : Montesquieu, Goldsmith, Hamilton -- Transcultural allegories -- Discoveries of new worlds, talking animals, and remote nations : Fontenelle, Bidpai, Swift, Voltaire -- Libertine orientalism : Prévost, Crébillon, Diderot -- The oriental tale as transcultural allegory : Manley, Haywood, Sheridan, Smollett -- Conclusion: Sindbad and Scheherezade, or Benjamin and Joyce

978-022602448-6

Orientalism--Europe--History--18th century Orientalism in literature Orient--In literature European fiction--18th century--History and criticism Enlightenment--Europe

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