English Travellers In The Near East
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English Travellers In The Near East
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Author : Robin Fedden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
English Travellers In The Near East written by Robin Fedden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is the first issue of the Writer and Their Work series to present an appreciation of a group, as opposed to a single writer. Great Britain has, for at least three centuries, sent a notable series of travellers to the Near East. Their work is critically examined in this essay by Mr Robin Fedden, who writes: 'The Near east is an area indeterminate and not easily defined. For my purposes it includes Arabia; it is bounded on the west by the Nile Valley, and on the east by the deserts that separate Damascus from the Euphrates. Others might set different limits. What, again, constitutes a 'traveller'? Those found here are chosen for literary talent rather than the extent of their peregrinations. I thus include an invalid in Egypt, an ambassador's wife in Constantinople, and (though war is hardly travel) T. E. Lawrence could not be left out.' Robin Fedden's sections on Kinglake and Doughty are particularly valuable, and he has much of interest to say on the work of contemporary writers such as Freya Stark and St. John Philby.
English Travellers In The Near East
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Author : Walter Bernard Kolesnik
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
English Travellers In The Near East written by Walter Bernard Kolesnik and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with categories.
English Travellers In The Near East
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Author : Henry Romilly Fedden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
English Travellers In The Near East written by Henry Romilly Fedden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Middle East categories.
Travellers To The Middle East From Burckhardt To Thesiger
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Author : Geoffrey Nash
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2009
Travellers To The Middle East From Burckhardt To Thesiger written by Geoffrey Nash and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An invaluable compendium of writing on the Middle East including extracts from canonical and less well known travellers' works.
Enlightened Observers
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Author : Anita Damiani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Enlightened Observers written by Anita Damiani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Political Science categories.
Interpreting The Orient
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Author : Paul Starkey
language : en
Publisher: Garnet & Ithaca Press
Release Date : 2001
Interpreting The Orient written by Paul Starkey and has been published by Garnet & Ithaca Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
This collection of papers is taken from the "Travellers in Egypt and the Near East" conference held at St Catherine's College, Oxford in 1997.
Enlightened Observers
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Author : Anita Damiani
language : en
Publisher: American University of Beirut Publications
Release Date : 1979
Enlightened Observers written by Anita Damiani and has been published by American University of Beirut Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Middle East categories.
From Cairo To Baghdad
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Author : James Canton
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-25
From Cairo To Baghdad written by James Canton and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-25 with Travel categories.
Until the 1880s, British travellers to Arabia were for the most part wealthy dilettantes who could fund their travels from private means. With the advent of an Imperial presence in the region, as the British seized power in Egypt, the very nature of travel to the Middle East changed. Suddenly, ordinary men and women found themselves visiting the region as British influence increased. Missionaries, soldiers and spies as well as tourists and explorers started to visit the area, creating an ever bigger supply of writers, and market for their books. In a similar fashion, as the Empire receded in the wake of World War II, so did the whole tradition of Middle East travel writing. In this elegantly crafted book, James Canton examines over one hundred primary sources, from forgotten gems to the classics of T E Lawrence, Thesiger and Philby. He analyses the relationship between Empire and author, showing how the one influenced the other, leading to a vast array of texts that might never have been produced had it not been for the ambitions of Imperial Britain. This work makes for essential reading for all of those interested in the literature of Empire, travel writing and the Middle East.
From Empire To Orient
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Author : Geoffrey Nash
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2005-07-27
From Empire To Orient written by Geoffrey Nash and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-27 with History categories.
From Empire to Orient offers an alternative perspective on Britain's late imperial period by looking at the lives and the writings of the men who chose to defy the conventional social and political attitudes of the British ruling classes towards the Near East. Between the Greek revolt in 1830 and the fall of the Caliphate in 1924 a different kind of voice was heard that was both anti-Imperialist and pro-Islamic. Geoffrey Nash places David Urquhart 's passionate belief in the ideal of municipal government in Turkey, W.S. Blunt's enthusiasm for the Egyptian reformers of the Azhar, E.G. Browne's zeal for the Persian revolution and Marmaduke Pickthall's pained advocacy of the cause of the Young Turks into their political and historical context and into the context of their writings. The author argues that the actions of these men represented a distinctive identification with the Islamic world and of the involvement of the West in its politics. By condemning Britain's manoeuvres and choice of allies in the Near East, each of these writers embellished a narrative of betrayal and a breach with the British educated classes' view of the Islamic East. Through the lives and writings of these men who identified so passionately with the Islamic world, Nash offers a fascinating perspective on Britain's late imperial period.
Writers And Their Work
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Author : Bonamy Dobrée
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Writers And Their Work written by Bonamy Dobrée and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Middle East categories.