Nassir, Ghazi Q. <br/><br/>
Samuel Johnson's attitude toward Islam  a study of his Oriental readings and writings /  [electronic resource] : 
Ghazi Q. Nassir ; with a foreword by Myron Yeager. 
 - Lewiston, N.Y. :  Edwin Mellen Press,  c2012. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 209 p.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Representations 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773420403 (electronic bk.) 0773420401 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 --Knowledge--Orient.<br/>Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 --Knowledge--Islam.<br/>Orientalism in literature.<br/>East and West in literature.<br/>Islamic civilization in literature.<br/>Civilization, Arab, in literature.<br/>Eurocentrism in literature.<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--In literature.<br/>Africa, North--In literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR3537.O74  / N37 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>828/.609