| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 278 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Rulers & elites ; volume 11 |
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Rulers & elites ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: The Thousand and One Nights and Processes of Transmission -- Source Material -- 1. Kings, Viziers, Concubines -- The Cycle of the ̀Seven Viziers'/̀Seven Sages of Rome' and Its Cognates -- Variations: The Story of ̀Jali'ad of Hind and His Vizier Shimas' -- King Wit's Expedition against Zhou and Proclaiming Harmony -- Concluding Remarks -- 2. Gods, Demons, and Kings -- The Prince and the Demons of Evil: The Legendary Vikramaditya -- The Thirty-Two Steps of the Throne -- Harun al-Rashid, Vizier Ja'far, and the Jinns -- Harun al-Rashid and the Discourse of Power -- Fighting the Evil Spirit: Creation of the Gods -- Concluding Remarks -- 3. Divine Insights, Cosmic Harmony -- The Cycle of the ̀Queen of the Serpents' -- King and Cosmos: The Sorcerer's Revolt -- Jan Potocki's Manuscrit Trouve a Saragosse -- Concluding Remarks -- 4. The Knight and the King -- Tirant lo Blanc: The Ideal Knight -- The Harbinger of the Faith: Amir Hamza |
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Note continued: The Emperor and the Barbarians: The Exploits of Yue Fei -- Hang Tuah, the Malay Hero -- The ̀Foreign' Sultan: Al-Zahir Baybars -- The Muslims against the Byzantines: Sayyid Battal -- Concluding Remarks -- 5. Kingship and Love -- The Prince and the Mysteries of Love -- The Enchantment of Love: European Fantasies of Kingship and Love -- Concluding Remarks -- 6. Unrequested Advice -- The Frustrated Official: Mustafa Ali of Gallipoli -- Against the Old Order: Huang Zongxi and Hung Sheng -- European and Oriental Despots: Montesquieu and Diderot -- A Modern Mirror-for-Princes: Christoph Martin Wieland's Der Goldene Spiegel -- The Official and His Empress: Alexander Radischev and Catherine II |
| Summary |
"In 'Narratives of Kingship in Eurasian Empires, 1300-1800' Richard van Leeuwen analyses representations and constructions of the idea of kingship in fictional texts of various genres, especially belonging to the intermediate layer between popular and official literature. The analysis shows how ideologies of power are embedded in the literary and cultural imagination of societies, their cultural values and conceptualizations of authority. By referring to examples from various empires (Chinese, Indian, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, European) the parallels between literary traditions are laid bare, revealing remarkable common concerns. The process of interaction and transmission are highlighted to illustrate how literature served as a repository for ideological and cultural values transforming power into authority in various imperial environments."--Page 4 of cover |
| Analysis |
Literature: history & criticism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kings and rulers in literature.
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Authority in literature.
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Ideology and literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Authority in literature
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Ideology and literature
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Kings and rulers
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Kings and rulers in literature
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Literature
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| SUBJECT |
Eurasia -- Kings and rulers
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Eurasia -- In literature
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| Subject |
Eurasia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016288473 |
| ISBN |
9789004340541 |
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9004340548 |
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