Literary Orientalism, postcolonialism, and universalism
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Abdulla Al-Dabbagh.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Peter Lang,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 141 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Postcolonial studies,
Volume Designation
v. 9
ISSN of Series
1942-6100 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Orientalism, literary Orientalism and romanticism - The Oriental roots of the picaresque - Orientalism and literary translation - The Oriental sources of courtly love - The Orient, the other and the novel - Going native: Conrad and postcolonial discourse - Modern universalism and the myth of Westernness - Globalism and the universal language: some lessons from the past - Language, truth, and logic in the age of globalism and the discourse of civilizations - Colonialism, postcolonialism, and anti-colonialism: a closer look at the false rhetoric of freedom.