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Reveals how Oriental tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Naming this body of fiction Enlightenment Orientalism, this title poses a range of questions that uncovers the interdependence of Oriental tales and domestic fiction.

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"Without question, Enlightenment Orientalism is an illuminating, persuasive, and provocative revaluation of eighteenth-century fiction." (Robert Markley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)"

Enlightenment Orientalism

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    A Hardback by Srinivas Aravamudan

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 08/12/2011
      ISBN13: 9780226024486, 978-0226024486
      ISBN10: 0226024482
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reveals how Oriental tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Naming this body of fiction Enlightenment Orientalism, this title poses a range of questions that uncovers the interdependence of Oriental tales and domestic fiction.

      Trade Review
      "Without question, Enlightenment Orientalism is an illuminating, persuasive, and provocative revaluation of eighteenth-century fiction." (Robert Markley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)"

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