The Oriental Tale in England in the Eighteenth Century

Martha Pike Conant

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781136900297
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Collections
• Index: Literature

First Published in 1967. Written in 1908, this essay is a study in eighteenth-century English literature. The aim is to give a clear and accurate description of a distinct component part of eighteenth century English fiction in its relation to its French sources and to the general current of English thought. The oriental fiction that was not original in English came, almost without exception, from French imitations or translations of genuine oriental tales; hence, as a study in comparative literature, a consideration of the oriental tale in England during the eighteenth century possesses distinct interest.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter I The Imaginative Group
• Chapter II The Moralistic Group
• Chapter III The Philosophic Group
• Chapter IV The Satiric Group
• Chapter V Literary Estimate
• Appendix A Notes
• Appendix B. I Chronological Table
• Appendix B. II Books of Reference, Critical, Historical, etc.
• Index