• 1. Colonial Representation and the Uses of LiteralismEdward William Lane's Translation of The Arabian Nights1. The Age of GallandGalland and His Readers2. Galland Reconsidered3. Lane and The Arabian NightsThe British Colonial Interest in EgyptThe Describer of EgyptThe Arabian Nights"An epoch in the history of popular Eastern literature"Literal Translation and the Exhibitionary ComplexLiteralism in Postcolonial Theories2. The Exotic Dimension of Foreignizing StrategiesRichard Francis Burton's Translation of The Arabian Nights1. A Rebel ManquéThe "Pilgrimage" to Mecca2. Burton the TranslatorThe Arabian NightsBurton and his ReadersContextualizing the Nights"Oriental in tone and colour""A complete picture of Eastern peoples"3. Foreignism or Exoticism?4. Venuti on Burton3. Domestication as ResistanceWilfrid Scawen Blunt's Translations from Arabic1. Looking for a CauseIn Byron's Footsteps2. A "Political First Love"The "Rob Roy of the Desert""Shepard rule"3. The "scourge of the oppressor"Blunt and the Irish Literary Revival4. Blunt the TranslatorA New Rúbaiyāt?5. Translation as a Political ActConclusionTranslation as Adjustment

A groundbreaking inside analysis of translation practices that have mediated Near-Eastern canonical works for Western readers. Marilyn Gaddis Rose A most welcome, well-informed book, particularly for those of us interested in the social and political roles of translation as a fundamental element in the construction of cultures and identities. Rosemary Arrojo

• 1. Colonial Representation and the Uses of LiteralismEdward William Lane's Translation of The Arabian Nights1. The Age of GallandGalland and His Readers2. Galland Reconsidered3. Lane and The Arabian NightsThe British Colonial Interest in EgyptThe Describer of EgyptThe Arabian Nights"An epoch in the history of popular Eastern literature"Literal Translation and the Exhibitionary ComplexLiteralism in Postcolonial Theories2. The Exotic Dimension of Foreignizing StrategiesRichard Francis Burton's Translation of The Arabian Nights1. A Rebel ManquéThe "Pilgrimage" to Mecca2. Burton the TranslatorThe Arabian NightsBurton and his ReadersContextualizing the Nights"Oriental in tone and colour""A complete picture of Eastern peoples"3. Foreignism or Exoticism?4. Venuti on Burton3. Domestication as ResistanceWilfrid Scawen Blunt's Translations from Arabic1. Looking for a CauseIn Byron's Footsteps2. A "Political First Love"The "Rob Roy of the Desert""Shepard rule"3. The "scourge of the oppressor"Blunt and the Irish Literary Revival4. Blunt the TranslatorA New Rúbaiyāt?5. Translation as a Political ActConclusionTranslation as Adjustment

A groundbreaking inside analysis of translation practices that have mediated Near-Eastern canonical works for Western readers. Marilyn Gaddis Rose A most welcome, well-informed book, particularly for those of us interested in the social and political roles of translation as a fundamental element in the construction of cultures and identities. Rosemary Arrojo

• 1. Colonial Representation and the Uses of LiteralismEdward William Lane's Translation of The Arabian Nights1. The Age of GallandGalland and His Readers2. Galland Reconsidered3. Lane and The Arabian NightsThe British Colonial Interest in EgyptThe Describer of EgyptThe Arabian Nights"An epoch in the history of popular Eastern literature"Literal Translation and the Exhibitionary ComplexLiteralism in Postcolonial Theories2. The Exotic Dimension of Foreignizing StrategiesRichard Francis Burton's Translation of The Arabian Nights1. A Rebel ManquéThe "Pilgrimage" to Mecca2. Burton the TranslatorThe Arabian NightsBurton and his ReadersContextualizing the Nights"Oriental in tone and colour""A complete picture of Eastern peoples"3. Foreignism or Exoticism?4. Venuti on Burton3. Domestication as ResistanceWilfrid Scawen Blunt's Translations from Arabic1. Looking for a CauseIn Byron's Footsteps2. A "Political First Love"The "Rob Roy of the Desert""Shepard rule"3. The "scourge of the oppressor"Blunt and the Irish Literary Revival4. Blunt the TranslatorA New Rúbaiyāt?5. Translation as a Political ActConclusionTranslation as Adjustment

A groundbreaking inside analysis of translation practices that have mediated Near-Eastern canonical works for Western readers. Marilyn Gaddis Rose A most welcome, well-informed book, particularly for those of us interested in the social and political roles of translation as a fundamental element in the construction of cultures and identities. Rosemary Arrojo