Overview
Explores the principal writings which shaped the perception of Turkey in England
Looks at a broad range of works from Edward Gibbon to Byron and Buchan
Illustrates Turkey's place in British and European imagination and experience
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is about the principal writings that shaped the perception of Turkey for informed readers in English, from Edward Gibbon’s positing of imperial Decline and Fall to the proclamation of the Turkish Republic (1923), illustrating how Turkey has always been a part of the modern British and European experience. It is a great sweep of a story: from Gibbon as standard textbook, through Lord Bryon the pro-Turkish poet, and Benjamin Disraeli the Romantic novelist of all things Eastern, followed by John Buchan's Greenmantle First World War espionage fantasies, and then Manchester Guardian reporter Arnold Toynbee narrating the fight for Turkish independence.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
David S. Katz is Director of the Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization at Tel Aviv University, Israel where he has taught since 1978. He also holds the Abraham Horodisch Chair for the History of Books.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776–1923
Authors: David S. Katz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41060-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82256-3Published: 15 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41060-9Published: 23 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 299
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of the Middle East, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Modern Europe, Cultural History, Literary History