Samuel Johnson's attitude toward Islam a study of his Oriental readings and writings - Nassir, Ghazi Q. (Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Orient; Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Islam; Orientalism in literature; East and West in literature; Islamic civilization in literature; Civilization, Arab, in literature; Middle East -- In literature; Africa, North -- In literature; Eurocentrism in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Electronic books