Browning Upon Arabia A Moveable East
Browning Upon Arabia charts Robert Browning’s early and enduring engagement with the East, particularly the Arab East. This book highlights the complexities of Browning’s poetry, revealing Browning’s resistance to triumphalist and imperialist forms of Ori
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A Moveable East HÉDI A. JAOUAD
Browning Upon Arabia
Hédi A. Jaouad
Browning Upon Arabia A Moveable East
Hédi A. Jaouad Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-92647-6 ISBN 978-3-319-92648-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92648-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018943272 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © The Print Collector/Alamy Stock Photo Cover design: Tom Howey Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
The Arab’s wisdom everywhere —Sordello —it was of the mystic Orient or of the glowing South that he [Browning] oftenest thought and dreamed. With Heine he might have cried: ‘O Firdusi! O Ischami! O Saadi! How do I long after the roses of Schiraz!’1 —William Sharp
In loving memory of my parents, Mahmoud and Chérifa, and my brother, Abdellatif
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Preface and Acknowledgements
‘Browning Upon Arabia’ aims to chart Robert Browning’s early and abiding, though often overlooked, engagement with the East, particularly the ‘Arab East,’ a vast and richly diverse cultural and geographic area that extends from North Africa to the Persian Gulf, and also includes Medieval Muslim Spain, or Al-Andalus. Except for two poems ‘Waring’ and ‘Clive,’ India is absent from his work. Browning’s East is essentially monotheistic. Given Browning’s wide-ranging intellectual curiosity and extensive, eclectic reading, any thorough research on his relationship to the controversial question of the East would have to examine not only the texts themselves but also practically all ancillary disciplines that encompass the Orient, includin
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