Radical orientalism: rights, reform, and romanticism
Auteur :
Cohen-Vrignaud, Gerard
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107527041
Date de publication :
19 oct. 2017
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,4 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
420 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
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.