British Encounters With Syrian Mesopotamian Overland Routes to - Rethinking Enlightenment Improvement

Sommario

Acknowledgment; Introduction; Chapter One Improvement of Knowledge: John Carmichael's A Journey From Aleppo to Busserah, Over the Desert (1772); Chapter Two Polite Englishman in the East: Edward Ives's Journey from Persia to England (1773); Chapter Three Commerce, Virtue and Improvement: Abraham Parsons's Travel in Asia and Africa (1808); Chapter Four Henry Abbott: A Cosmopolitan in Cities and Deserts; Chapter Five Eyles Irwin's Travels: The Politics of Adventure in the Levant; Chapter Six Political and Moral Improvement: Donald Campbell, A Journey Overland to India Partly by A Route Never Gone Before by Any European (1795); Conclusion; Unpublished Manuscripts; Reference List; Index

Info autore

Mohammad Sakhnini completed his graduate studies at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. He taught at the universities of Exeter, Sussex and Brighton and held a research fellowship at the University of Linnaeus, Sweden. Currently, he is a senior lecturer in English Studies at Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Riassunto

The book examines the relationship between the Enlightenment idea of improvement and eighteenth-century travel writings about Middle Eastern overland routes to India.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mohammad Sakhnini
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.03.2023
• EAN: 9781785279362
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-936-2
• Pagine: 274
• Serie: Anthem Studies in Travel
• Categorie: Viaggi > Guide turistiche > Mondo, Artide, Antartide; TRAVEL / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Travel and holiday, Literature: history and criticism, European travellers; East India Company