Victorian Ladies in the Ottoman Empire - Lifting the Veil

Focusing on prominent accounts by 10 distinguished women writers, who travelled to the Ottoman Empire (in particular, to modern-day Turkey, Egypt, and Cyprus) during the reign of Queen Victoria, this volume analyzes the multi-faceted, often ambivalent and conflicting ways their encounters with Otherness articulated itself to the masses.

List of contents

Chapter I - Introduction: Women Travellers in the Ottoman Empire; Chapter II - Julia Pardoe; Chapter III - Sophia Lane Poole; Chapter IV - Harriet Martineau; Chapter V - Emilia Bithynia Hornby; Chapter VI - Emmeline Lott; Chapter VII - Lucie Duff Gordon; Chapter VIII - Annie Jane Harvey; Chapter IX - E.C.C. Baillie; Chapter X - Lady Annie Brassey; Chapter XI - Frances Minto Elliot; Conclusions.

About the author

Elisabetta Marino is an associate professor of English literature at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata." She is the author of four monographs. She has translated poems by Maria Mazziotti Gillan. She has edited/co-edited 10 collections of essays. She has published extensively on travel literature, Italian American literature, Asian American and Asian British literature, and the English Romantic writers.

Summary

Focusing on prominent accounts by 10 distinguished women writers, who travelled to the Ottoman Empire (in particular, to modern-day Turkey, Egypt, and Cyprus) during the reign of Queen Victoria, this volume analyzes the multi-faceted, often ambivalent and conflicting ways their encounters with Otherness articulated itself to the masses.

Product details

• Authors: Elisabetta Marino, Marino Elisabetta
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2022, delayed
• EAN: 9781839985829
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-582-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, TRAVEL / Middle East / Turkey, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Turkey, Political structures: democracy, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Travel and holiday, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history and criticism