Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire in Romantic and Victorian Culture

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Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire in Romantic and Victorian Culture is written by Piya Pal-Lapinski and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1350398683 (ISBN 10) and 9781350398689 (ISBN 13).

"From Romantic Byzantium to operatic sultans and vampiric janissaries, the arc of this book takes on a fascinating but often overlooked area of 19th century studies--- the encounter with Constantinople/Istanbul, "the diamond between two sapphires" on the Bosphorus and the effect of the city's complicated history on Romantic /Victorian writers and artists. Piya Pal Lapinski explores the transformation of the Ottoman empire (and its Byzantine ghosts) during the period 1800--1900 in terms of its crucial impact on British and European transnational identities"--