About the Book
The origin of Literary Orientalism is in the various military, religious, diplomatic, political and socio-cultural encounters between and Christian West and the Islamic East. Major works of Western literature and art contain references to Oriental cultures often emphasizing cultural differences in a hostile manner. Literary Orientalism: A Companion is a systematic compilation of the instances of Literary Orientalism in English literary and critical texts, organized in six categories:
• Writers, works and critical studies • Critical books • Articles and conference presentations • Doctoral dissertations • Literary Orientalism and the Arabian Nights • The Oriental Tales and Literary Orientalism
The first of its kind, this companion charts out the genesis, evaluation and the present scenario of a fascinating aspect of English literary studies – Literary Orientalism, a largely unacknowledged and little-known subfield of English literature. It seeks to answer questions such as: What is Literary Orientalism? What does it signify? What are its constituents? Who are its practitioners? What is its scope and relevance?
It lists bibliographical details of around 300 critical studies, 900 articles and conference presentations and 400 Ph. D dissertations on the broad contours of Literary Orientalism. Also, it brings into sharper focus the contributions of 45 select British men of letters like Chaucer, Shakespeare, Byron, Shelley, Yeats and Doris Lessing to this strand of English studies.
While the bibliographic survey in the book helps researchers and scholars, the lucid and detailed introduction at the beginning makes the subject accessible to students in general. About the Author
Prof. Abdur Raheem Kidwai completed his M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in English literature from Aligarh Muslim University, India. He obtained a second Ph.D. in English from the University of Leicester, UK. and an Advanced Certificate in Teaching of English as a Foreign Language from Aston University, UK. He has been a Professor at the Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University, and a Visiting Professor, Department of English, University of Leicester. He has published several books.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Samples of Literary Orientalism: writers, works and critical studies: Addison, Joseph • Arnold, Matthew • Beckford, William • Blake, William • Browning, Robert • Burton, Richard F. • Byron, Lord • Carlyle, Thomas • Chaucer, Geoffrey • Coleridge, S.T • Congreve, William • Conrad, Joseph • Defoe, Daniel • Dryden, John • Eliot, T.S. • Flecker, J.E • Forster, E.M • Goldsmith, Oliver • Hunt, Leigh • Johnson, Samuel • Jones, Sir William • Joyce, James • Keats, John • Kipling, Rudyyard • Landor, W.S • Lessing, Doris • Marlowe, Christopher • Massinnger, Philip • Milton, John • Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley • Moore, Thomas • Peele, George • Poe, Edgar Allen • Pope, Alexander • Scott, Sir Walter • Shakespeare, William • Shelley, P.B • Southey, Robert • Spenser, Edmund • Tennyson, Alfred • Thackeray, William M. • Wilde, Oscar • Wordsworth, William • Yeats, W.B • Chapter 2: Critical books on Literary Orientalism • Chapter 3: Articles/Conference Presentations on Literary Orientalism • Chapter 4: Doctoral Dissertations on Literary Orientalism • Chapter 5: Role of the Arabian Nights in the Development of Literary Orientalism • Chapter 6: Role of the Oriental Tales in the Development of Literary Orientalism
