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The central argument of Edward Said's Orientalism is that the relationship between Britain and its colonies was primarily oppositional, based on contrasts between conquest abroad and domestic order at home. This book reveals that romanticism provided a way to resist imperial logic about improvement and moral virtue.

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"Saree Makdisi has written a book that in its central line of argument and its detail is thoroughly original and compelling, deeply learned and detailed, erudite and entertaining. His skillful accounts of key romantic writers and detailed knowledge of English social history and place create a vivid picture of social life and conditions that few literary analyses can boast." (David T. Goldberg, University of California, Irvine)"

Making England Western

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/10/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226923130, 978-0226923130
      ISBN10: 0226923134
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The central argument of Edward Said's Orientalism is that the relationship between Britain and its colonies was primarily oppositional, based on contrasts between conquest abroad and domestic order at home. This book reveals that romanticism provided a way to resist imperial logic about improvement and moral virtue.

      Trade Review
      "Saree Makdisi has written a book that in its central line of argument and its detail is thoroughly original and compelling, deeply learned and detailed, erudite and entertaining. His skillful accounts of key romantic writers and detailed knowledge of English social history and place create a vivid picture of social life and conditions that few literary analyses can boast." (David T. Goldberg, University of California, Irvine)"

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