The Holy Land in English culture 1799-1917 : Palestine and the question of Orientalism
The dream of building Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land is a quintessential part of English identity and culture. Drawing on a variety of sources, this book offers a cultural history of the Victorian fascination with Palestine and the role played by popular Protestant culture in shaping English encounters with the Holy Land.
IX, 319 Seiten Illustrationen
9780199261161, 0199261164
845935764
Introduction: Holy Lands ; 1. Christian walks to Jerusalem: English Protestant culture and the emergence of vernacular Orientalism ; 2. The Land and the books: High Anglo-Palestine Orientalism and its limits ; 3. Popular Palestine: The Holy Land as printed image, spectacle, and commodity ; 4. Eccentric Zion: Victorian culture and the Jewish restoration to Palestine ; 5. Homesick crusaders: Propaganda and troop morale in the Palestine campaign, 1917-18 ; Epilogue: The Holy Places revisited
Abstract of thesis (Ph. D.)-Oxford University, 2005
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