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Fables of the East: Selected Tales 1662-1785 Ballaster
Fables of the East: Selected Tales 1662-1785
Ballaster
A selection of the travel and fictional texts which transported eighteenth-century readers to the exciting and exotic territories of Mughal India, Ottoman Turkey, Safavid Persia and Confucian China. The anthology illustrates the enduring influence of oriental narrative in the formation of the novel in early modern Europe.
288 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 20, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199267354 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Genre | Chronological Period > 17th Century |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 141 × 217 × 18 mm · 382 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Ballaster, Ros (Fellow in English Literature, Mansfield College, Oxford University) |