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Author:   Samar Attar
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780739187616

ISBN 10:   0739187619
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   19 February 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Introduction. The English Romantic Poets: Their Background, Their Country’s History, and the Sources that Influenced Their Literary Output Chapter One. Borrowed Imagination in the Wake of Terror: Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Arabian Nights Chapter Two. The Riots of Colors, Sights, and Sounds: John Keats’ Melancholic Lover and the East Chapter Three. The Natural Goodness of Man: William Wordsworth’s Journey from the Sensuous to the Sublime Chapter Four. Poetic Intuition and Mystic Vision: William Blake’s Quest for Equality and Freedom Chapter Five. The Interrogation of Political and Social Systems: Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Call for Drastic Societal Change Chapter Six. The Infatuation With Personal, Political, and Poetic Freedom: George Gordon Byron and his Byronic Hero Conclusion. How Valid is Kipling’s Phrase that East and West Can Never Meet? Bibliography Appendices About the author Index

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Many scholars have speculated on the influence of the Arabian Nights and other works of Arabic literature on the British romantic poets. With the publication of Samar Attar's Borrowed Imagination, such speculations can now move into the realm of certitude. Attar makes a cogent and compelling case for taking the Arabic genealogy of many of the romantic poets' literary sources of inspiration seriously. This is a major contribution to the study of the interconnectedness of humanistic enterprises and the politics of engaging it. -- Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University

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Samar Attar is an invited speaker at international universities and organizations in Egypt, Syria, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, Spain, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. She is the author of Debunking the Myths of Colonization: The Arabs and Europe.

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