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The Dialectics of Orientalism in Early Modern Europe
. Ed(S): Keller, Marcus; Irigoyen-Garcia, Javier
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Hardback. Editor(s): Keller, Marcus; Irigoyen-Garcia, Javier. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Uniting twelve original studies by scholars of early modern history, literature, and the arts, this collection is the first that foregrounds the dialectical quality of early modern Orientalism by taking a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Dialectics of Orientalism demonstrates how texts and images of the sixteenth and seventeenth century from across Europe and the New World are better understood as part of a dynamic and transformative orientalist discourse rather than a manifestation of the supposed dichotomy between the 'East' and the 'West.' The volume's central claim is that early modern orientalist discourses are fundamentally open, self-critical, and creative. Analyzing a varied ... Read more
Uniting twelve original studies by scholars of early modern history, literature, and the arts, this collection is the first that foregrounds the dialectical quality of early modern Orientalism by taking a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Dialectics of Orientalism demonstrates how texts and images of the sixteenth and seventeenth century from across Europe and the New World are better understood as part of a dynamic and transformative orientalist discourse rather than a manifestation of the supposed dichotomy between the 'East' and the 'West.' The volume's central claim is that early modern orientalist discourses are fundamentally open, self-critical, and creative. Analyzing a varied ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137462350
SKU
V9781137462350
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About . Ed(S): Keller, Marcus; Irigoyen-Garcia, Javier
Marcus Keller is Associate Professor of French at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. In his research he focuses on sixteenth and seventeenth-century French literature and culture. He is the author of Figurations of France: Literary Nation-Building in Times of Crisis (1550-1650) (2011) and editor of The Turk of Early Modern France (2013). Javier Irigoyen-García is Associate Professor ... Read more
Reviews for The Dialectics of Orientalism in Early Modern Europe
“This edited volume is a valid contribution and insight into how the early modern humanists of European geography have conceptualized the Oriental and what devices and approaches they have exploited to understand the Other. Similarly important, this volume sheds light onto how the humanists of the period have negotiated scholarly, aesthetic, political, and religious concerns in their works.” (Oriol Guni,KULT_online ... Read more