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008 110816s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aPR3537.O74$bN37 2012
082 00 $a828/.609$223
100 1 $aNassir, Ghazi Q.
245 10 $aSamuel Johnson's attitude toward Islam :$ba study of his Oriental readings and writings /$cGhazi Q. Nassir ; with a foreword by Myron Yeager.
260 $aLewiston, N.Y. :$bEdwin Mellen Press,$cc2012.
300 $axvi, 209 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
505 0 $aRepresentations of the Orient before Samuel Johnson -- Samuel Johnson's Oriental reading -- Samuel Johnson and his attitude toward Islam -- Irene : Islam is a menace, not "an object of curiosity" -- The perception of the Orient in Rasselas -- Johnson's Orientalism in the short Oriental tales in The Rambler and Idler -- Appendix A. A sample of Johnson's books on the Orient -- Appendix B. Another sample of Johnson's books on the Orient.
650 0 $aJohnson, Samuel,$d1709-1784$xKnowledge$xOrient.
650 0 $aJohnson, Samuel,$d1709-1784$xKnowledge$xIslam.
650 0 $aOrientalism in literature.
650 0 $aEast and West in literature.
650 0 $aIslamic civilization in literature.
650 0 $aCivilization, Arab, in literature.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xIn literature.
651 0 $aAfrica, North$xIn literature.
650 0 $aEurocentrism in literature.