The Armenian Imaginary in the West, 1100-1900 - by Carolyn P Collette (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Examines how Armenia has been represented and "imagined" in texts from two periods in its history: the Middle Ages and the nineteenth century.
- Author(s): Carolyn P Collette
- 196 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Medieval
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Book Synopsis
Examines how Armenia has been represented and "imagined" in texts from two periods in its history: the Middle Ages and the nineteenth century. Today most people who think of Armenia associate it with the genocide of 1915, the struggle Armenians waged after the First World War to reclaim their ancient lands in Anatolia, a struggle complicated by centuries of subordination to the Ottomans, by persistent Russian efforts to exert influence and claim territory, and by Western indecision manifested in plentiful words but few deeds. This book, however, tells a different story: one of geo-political importance, strength, struggle, and diminishment, narrated in texts largely created by and for Europeans and Americans. It asks how the West imagined, described, and presented Armenia over time in historical and fictional accounts during two periods of close Armenian-Western contact. The first period spans the twelfth to fourteenth centuries; it examines a variety of texts, including the travel narratives of Marco Polo and John Mandeville, William of Tyre's Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, and romances such as King of Tars, Bevis of Hampton and Le Roman de Mélusine. The second period is rooted in events during the nineteenth-century American missionary movement. It engages with a variety of popular and widely disseminated texts - books, pamphlets, newspapers - written and published in the United States from 1830 to the mid-1890s, detailing the encounters between the missionaries and the Armenians, frequently in the voices of women.Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 196
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Medieval
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Format: Hardcover
Author: Carolyn P Collette
Language: English
Street Date: November 19, 2024
TCIN: 1001929416
UPC: 9781843847045
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-1163
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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