| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 246 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: The English Renaissance, Orientalism, and the Idea of Asia -- Framing the Issues / Walter S.H. Lim -- Persia, Tartaria, and Pamphilia: Ideas of Asia in Mary Worth's The Countess of Montgomery's Urania, Part II / Bernadette Andrea -- Romancing the Turk: Trade, Race, and Nation in Spenser's The Faerie Queene / Marion Hollings -- "Turning Turk," Early Modern English Orientalism, and Shakespeare's Othello / Debra Johanyak -- Indian and Amazon: The Oriental Feminine in A Midsummer Night's Dream / James W. Stone -- Marlowe's Asia and the Feminization of Conquest / Lisa Hopkins -- As Good as Gold: India, Akbar the Great, and Marlowe's Tamburlaine Plays / Bindu Malieckal -- Westward to the Orient: The Specter of Scientific China in Francis Bacon's New Atlantis / Gwee Li Sui -- Object Protocols: The "Materials" of Early English Encounters with India / Pramod K. Nayar -- John Milton, Orientalism, and the Empires of the East in Paradise Lost / Walter S.H. Lim |
| Summary |
The English Renaissance, Orientalism, and the Idea of Asia is an important collection of essays that examine the complex significations of "Asia" in the literary and cultural production of early modern England. It posits that the interest in merchant and overseas ventures and fascination with foreign lands influenced the canonical literary works of the period and spurred Orientalism. While such major literary figures as Marlowe, Shakespeare, Bacon, Spenser, and Milton are considered for their contribution to the writing of early modern English Orientalism, theoretical questions pertaining to the significance of postcolonial criticism and cultural studies are also addressed in this groundbreaking volume |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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East and West in literature.
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English literature -- Asian influences.
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Renaissance -- England
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 -- English.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature.
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East and West in literature
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English literature -- Asian influences
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English literature -- Early modern
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Renaissance
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Renaissance
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Orientalismus Kunst
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Vorstellung
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England
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England
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Asien (Motiv)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Johanyak, Debra, 1953- editor.
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Lim, Walter S. H., 1959- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780230106222 |
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0230106226 |
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9781349379637 |
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1349379638 |
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