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The Pre-Raphaelites and Orientalism : language and cognition in remediations of the East / Eleonora Sasso

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Sasso, Eleonora
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
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1 online resource (320 pages).
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Contents
Intro; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 '[S]elling old lamps for new ones': D.G. Rossetti's Restructuring of Oriental Schemas; Chapter 2 Toward a Corporeal Orientalism: Foregrounding Arabian Erotic Figures in Algernon Swinburne and Aubrey Beardsley; Chapter 3 The Cognitive Process of Parable: John Ruskin, William Morris and the Oriental Lure of the Forbidden; Chapter 4 Consumers of Intoxicating Fruits and Elixirs: The Cognitive Grammar of Christina Rossetti's and Ford Madox Ford's Oriental Fairy Tales; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
Investigates the latent and manifest traces of the East in Pre-Raphaelite literature and cultureThe Pre-Raphaelites and Orientalism: Language and Cognition in Remediations of the East redefines the task of interpreting the East in the late nineteenth century. Weaving together literary, linguistic and cognitive analyses of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, illustrations and writings, socio-cultural investigations of the Orient, and rhetorical considerations about Arabian forms of writing, the terms of critical debate surrounding the East are redefined. It takes as a starting point Edward Said'sOrientalism (1978) in order to investigate the latent and manifest traces of the East in Pre-Raphaelite literature and culture. As the book demonstrates, the Pre-Raphaelites and their associates appeared to be the most eligible representatives of a profoundly conservative manifestation of the Orient, of its mystic aura, criminal underworld, and feminine sensuality, or to put it into Arabic terms, of its aja'ib (marvels), mutalibun (treasure-hunters) and hur al-ayn (femmes fatales). Key Features:Looks at how selected examples of Pre-Raphaelite writings acted as major vehicles for raising awareness of cultural diversityRedefines the task of interpreting the East in the late nineteenth century taking as a starting point Edward Said'sOrientalism (1978)By investigating the pervasive influence of The Arabian Nights on Pre-Raphaelite texts, this study aims at bringing together Western and Eastern forms of writingOutlines the reasons why the writings by John Ruskin, D.G. Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, William Morris, Algernon Swinburne, Aubrey Beardsley, and Ford Madox Ford play such a prominent role in the Oriental debate
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9781474407175 (electronic bk.)
147440717X (electronic bk.)
9781474407182
1474407188
9781474449670 (electronic book)
1474449670 (electronic book)
1474407161
9781474407168
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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