A compendium of eastern elements in Byron's Oriental tales / [electronic resource]
Oueijan, Naji B.,1951-
New York : Peter Lang,
c1999.
"A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron's Oriental Tales traces Lord Byron's Oriental scholarship and recognizes the wealth of his tales' Orientalism. Byron's initial interest in the Orient, his personal contacts with the Eastern languages and literature, and his participation in Eastern life gave his poetic career a fresh and unique dimension. The main part of this book lists alphabetical entries, in subsectioned categories, for Eastern characters, names, ranks, customs, costumes, sites, architectural structures, decorations, flora, and fauna. The entries are designed to provide the reader of Byron's tales corporeal and fascinating insights into the Eastern culture, its milieu, its myth and its symbols. In as much as they offer a comprehensive understanding of the tales' Orientalism, they invite fresh cross-cultural criticism."--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-191) and index.
Byron and the Eastern World. Byron's Oriental Reading. Byron's First Oriental Pilgrimage -- Background of Byron's Oriental Tales. Composition, Publication, and Reception. Eastern Sources -- A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron's Oriental Tales. Elements of the Eastern Settings. Eastern Sites, Architecture, and Decorations. Eastern Flora and Fauna. Eastern Characters, Names and Ranks. Elements of Eastern Customs. Elements of Eastern Costumes -- App. A.A List of Byron's Advanced Oriental Reading -- App. B. Eastern Cities and Sites Mentioned in Byron's Oriental Tales -- App. C. Eastern Elements in the Compendium.
"A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron's Oriental Tales traces Lord Byron's Oriental scholarship and recognizes the wealth of his tales' Orientalism. Byron's initial interest in the Orient, his personal contacts with the Eastern languages and literature, and his participation in Eastern life gave his poetic career a fresh and unique dimension. The main part of this book lists alphabetical entries, in subsectioned categories, for Eastern characters, names, ranks, customs, costumes, sites, architectural structures, decorations, flora, and fauna. The entries are designed to provide the reader of Byron's tales corporeal and fascinating insights into the Eastern culture, its milieu, its myth and its symbols. In as much as they offer a comprehensive understanding of the tales' Orientalism, they invite fresh cross-cultural criticism."--Jacket.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Literature, Comparative
Literature, Comparative
Civilization, Oriental, in literature.
English poetry
Exoticism in literature.
Comparative literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature
Civilization, Oriental, in literature
English poetry
Exoticism in literature
English
Languages & Literatures
English Literature