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Description:An original perspective on the early 19th-century Ottoman Empire:- The first publication of Henrietta Liston’s Turkish journal and associated writings;- A scholarly edition with extensive critical apparatus introducing an almost entirely unknown manuscript containing a significant, extended work of travel writing;- Based on archival research in the Liston Papers that sheds new light on the events described in the journal and the period in which it was written, the Listons’ life in Turkey and their circle of diplomats, travellers and writers;- Makes an important contribution to the recuperation of unpublished women’s travelogues and life writing, and to the study of diplomatic spouses and consorts.Henrietta Liston’s Turkish journal is a significant yet virtually unknown work of women’s travel writing. As the wife of the British Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Liston had privileged access to the Ottoman elite and diplomatic corps. Her journal reflects on British–Ottoman relations, combining Orientalist perspectives with a human-centred version of the picturesque. It offers astute commentaries on places, people and events – including a plague-ridden Constantinople, a visit to the harem of the Grand Vizier’s deputy, the presentation of ambassadors in the Seraglio and the departure of pilgrims on the hajj.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Henrietta Liston's Travels: The Turkish Journals 1812 - 1820. To get started finding Henrietta Liston's Travels: The Turkish Journals 1812 - 1820, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 246

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Release: 2020

ISBN: 1474467350

Description: An original perspective on the early 19th-century Ottoman Empire:- The first publication of Henrietta Liston’s Turkish journal and associated writings;- A scholarly edition with extensive critical apparatus introducing an almost entirely unknown manuscript containing a significant, extended work of travel writing;- Based on archival research in the Liston Papers that sheds new light on the events described in the journal and the period in which it was written, the Listons’ life in Turkey and their circle of diplomats, travellers and writers;- Makes an important contribution to the recuperation of unpublished women’s travelogues and life writing, and to the study of diplomatic spouses and consorts.Henrietta Liston’s Turkish journal is a significant yet virtually unknown work of women’s travel writing. As the wife of the British Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Liston had privileged access to the Ottoman elite and diplomatic corps. Her journal reflects on British–Ottoman relations, combining Orientalist perspectives with a human-centred version of the picturesque. It offers astute commentaries on places, people and events – including a plague-ridden Constantinople, a visit to the harem of the Grand Vizier’s deputy, the presentation of ambassadors in the Seraglio and the departure of pilgrims on the hajj.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Henrietta Liston's Travels: The Turkish Journals 1812 - 1820. To get started finding Henrietta Liston's Travels: The Turkish Journals 1812 - 1820, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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