Islam And The Victorians

Book Summary


This book brings to life Victorian Britain's conceptions and misconceptions of the Muslim World using a thorough investigation of varied cultural sources of the period. She discovers the prevailing representation of Muslims and Islam in the two major spheres of British influence - India and the Ottoman Empire - was reinforced by reoccurring themes: through literature and entertainment the public saw "the Mahomedan" as the "noble savage," a perception reinforced through travel writing and fiction of the "exotic east" and the "Arabian Nights."

Book Details


Book Name Islam And The Victorians
Author Shahin Kuli Khan Khattak
Publisher I. B. Tauris & Company (Feb 2008)
ISBN 9781845114299
Pages 208
Language English
Price 3558
 
 

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