Radical orientalism: rights, reform, and romanticism
Auteur :
Cohen-Vrignaud, Gerard
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107110328
Date de publication :
30 juil. 2015
Dimensions :
22,9 x 1,7 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
550 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This fascinating study explores why ideas of the East mattered to Romantic writers, including Byron and the Shelleys, as well as their readers, political reformers and working-class activists. Imagining and invoking the Muslim world helped radicals to formulate their opposition to electoral disenfranchisement, police repression, and economic exploitation in Britain.