Shaping of Turkey in the British Imagination, 1776-1923

"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 Toymbee narrating the fight for Turkish independence."--Page [4] of cover.

Year

2016

Language

English

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Editions

2

Pages

299

ISBN

9783319410593

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