The Alhambra at the Crossroads of History: Eastern and Western Visions in the Long Nineteenth Century

by Edhem Eldem

A growing flow of visitors in the 19th century turned the Alhambra into a touristic destination and a major trope of Orientalism, created by Western authors and artists from Fran ois-Ren de Chateaubriand to Owen Jones and from Washington Irving to Jean-L on G r me. Yet behind this Western infatuation lie scores of 'Oriental' observers of the monument, as revealed by its visitors' book, kept since 1829.
This book uses this untapped source to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399524879
• ISBN13: 9781399524872
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"