{"product_id":"the-pre-raphaelites-and-orientalism-language-and-cognition-in-remediations-of-the-east-9781474454865","title":"The Pre-Raphaelites and Orientalism: Language and Cognition in Remediations of the East","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvestigates the latent and manifest traces of the East in Pre-Raphaelite literature and culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pre-Raphaelites and Orientalism: Language and Cognition in Remediations of the East\u003c\/i\u003e redefines the task of interpreting the East in the late nineteenth century. Weaving together literary, linguistic and cognitive analyses of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, illustrations and writings, socio-cultural investigations of the Orient, and rhetorical considerations about Arabian forms of writing, the terms of critical debate surrounding the East are redefined. It takes as a starting point Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) in order to investigate the latent and manifest traces of the East in Pre-Raphaelite literature and culture. As the book demonstrates, the Pre-Raphaelites and their associates appeared to be the most eligible representatives of a profoundly conservative manifestation of the Orient, of its mystic aura, criminal underworld, and feminine sensuality, or to put it into Arabic terms, of its aja'ib (marvels), mutalibun (treasure-hunters) and hur al-ayn (femmes fatales). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooks at how selected examples of Pre-Raphaelite writings acted as major vehicles for raising awareness of cultural diversityRedefines the task of interpreting the East in the late nineteenth century taking as a starting point Edward Said's \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e (1978)By investigating the pervasive influence of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e on Pre-Raphaelite texts, this study aims at bringing together Western and Eastern forms of writing;Outlines the reasons why the writings by John Ruskin, D.G. Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, William Morris, Algernon Swinburne, Aubrey Beardsley, and Ford Madox Ford play such a prominent role in the Oriental debate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleonora Sasso is a Lecturer in English with the University \"G. d'Annunzio\" of Chieti-Pescara. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eVictorian Dominatrices: Women of Arcane Power in Nineteenth-Century Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (Arachne Publishing, 2012), \u003ci\u003eHow the Writings of William Morris Shaped the Literary Style of Tennyson, Swinburne, Gissing, and Yeats\u003c\/i\u003e (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011) and \u003ci\u003eWilliam Morris Between Utopia and Medievalism\u003c\/i\u003e (Arachne, 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50850674770194,"sku":"9781474454865","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8e9d2e87-2186-4b1f-893d-7b70c39b6e34.jpg?v=1737416965","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pre-raphaelites-and-orientalism-language-and-cognition-in-remediations-of-the-east-9781474454865","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}