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Contents List of Illustrations xi Abbreviations xiii 1.Narrative Moves 1 Dinarzade, the second string 1 The state of narrative 7 2. Shape-Shifting: Oriental Tales 25 Fadlallah and Zemroude: transmigratory desires 25 The framed sequence 32 Travellers' tales 36 Fictional letters 41 Histories 45 Heroic drama 52 A passion for tales 57 3. Tales of the Seraglio: Turkey and Persia 59 Roxolana: the loquacious courtesan 59 Speaking likenesses: Turkey and Persia 70 Loquacious women I: staging the Orient 83 Loquacious women II: narrating the Orient 95 Speculative men I: spies and correspondents 145 Speculative men II: court secrets 171 'Fabulous and Romantic': the 'Embassy Letters' and 'The Sultan's Tale' 179 4.'Bearing Confucius' Morals to Britannia's Ears': China 193 Turandocte: the riddling princess 193 Chinese whispers 202 Orphans and absolutism: tragedies of state 208 Empire of Dulness 218 Narrative transmigrations 227 Chinese letters of reason 242 Madness and civilization 252 5.'Dreams of Men Awake': India 254 Canzade: the illusory sati 254 India as Illusion 263 'The dreaming Priest': Aureng-Zebe 275 The treasures of the East: Indian tales 292 Tales of India: weaving illusions 295 The Indian fable: rational animals 343 Waking from the dream 358 6.Epilogue: Romantic Revisions of the Orient 360 Bibliography 376 Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
English literature -- Asian influences.
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Middle East -- In literature.
Orientalism in literature.
Exoticism in literature.
Orient -- In literature.
Asia -- In literature.