Oriental Tale in England in the Eighteenth Century

List of contents

Introduction. 1. The Imaginative Group. 2. The Moralistic Group. 3. The Philosophic Group. 4. The Satiric Group. 5. Literary Estimate.

Summary

Originally published in 1906, this book examines the oriental tale in England. The highlights fall upon the Arabian Nights, Dr. Johnson's Rasselas, Goldsmith's Citizen of the World, and Beckford's Vathek.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Pike Conant, Conant Martha Pike
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367141936
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14193-6
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800