Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Historical/Theoretical Perspectives 2. Rise to Power: The Great Conquerors 3. Shifts in Power: Period of Destabilization 4. Comic Representations of the Ottoman Turk Conclusion Works Cited

About the Author

Esin Akalin teaches in the department of English language and literature at Istanbul Kultur University. She has written and directed several bilingual plays in Canada. Her research interests include early modern drama, modern drama, and gender studies.

Reviews

Undoubtedly a major scholarly contribution to the discussion and analysis of the European perceptions and stereotyping of the Turkish image and the Turkish Orient... A very useful study that will certainly appeal not only to students of English literature but also to historians, students of cultural studies, and those interested in Orientalism in general and the Ottoman Orient in particular. -- Himmet Umunc, Baskent University, Ankara