This unique collection of essays examines the complex significations of 'Asia' in the literary and cultural production of Early Modern England. Contributors come from a range of backgrounds to bring a range of perspectives to this topic. INDICE: Introduction: The English Renaissance, Orientalism, and the Idea of Asia Framing the Issues; W.S.H.Lim Persia, Tartaria, and Pamphilia: Ideas ofAsia in Mary Wroth's The Countess of Montgomery's Urania, Part II; B.Andrea Romancing the Turk: Trade, Race, and Nation in Spenser's The Faerie Queene; M.Hollings 'Turning Turk,' Early Modern English Orientalism, and Shakespeare's Othello; D.Johanyak Indian and Amazon: The Oriental Feminine in A Midsummer Night's Dream; J.W.Stone Marlowe's Asia and the Feminization of Conquest; L.Hopkins As Good as Gold: India, Akbar the Great, and Marlowe's Tamburlaine Plays; B.Malieckal Westward to the Orient: The Specter of Scientific China in Francis Bacon's New Atlantis; G.Li Sui Object Protocols: The 'Materials' of Early English Encounters with India; P.K.Nayar John Milton, Orientalism, and the Empires of the East in Paradise Lost; W.S.H.Lim
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61599-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 14/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés