{"product_id":"babylon-under-western-eyes-a-study-of-allusion-and-myth-hardback-9781442637337","title":"Babylon Under Western Eyes; A Study of Allusion and Myth (Hardback) 9781442637337","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBabylon Under Western Eyes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study of Allusion and Myth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Scheil (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442637337\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 April 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, 16 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;A superb work of multidisciplinary scholarship, Scheil\u0026amp;#x2019;s study will be of interest in a variety of academic disciplines, as it masterfully weaves together textual and historical analysis… Highly recommended.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - M.Roberts (Choice, vol 54:03:2016) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Scheil has done a tremendous job of winnowing a near-endless supply of material down to essential cultural grains… An ambitious, often challenging, and almost always entertaining and engaging monograph.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Jay Rubenstein (The Medieval Review, December 2016) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Babylon under Western Eyes is a fascinating study of an important word that has shaped western culture in powerful ways.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Alice Ogden Bellis (Modern Philology vol 115:01:2017) \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a major achievement and will contribute a great deal to critical conversations in the areas of medievalism and race studies as well as to growing scholarship on genre fiction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Carl Kears. King's College London (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018) \u003cp\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eBabylon under Western Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Scheil has created a remarkable piece of literary criticism: by following his subject across a range of languages, eras, disciplines, and genres, he traces the history of a metaphor that is simultaneously grounded in historical thinking and that exceeds the sum of its historical parts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Mary Kate Hurley, Ohio University (\u003cem\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBabylon under Western Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e examines the mythic legacy of ancient Babylon, the Near Eastern city which has served western culture as a metaphor for power, luxury, and exotic magnificence for more than two thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSifting through the many references to Babylon in biblical, classical, medieval, and modern texts, Andrew Scheil uses Babylon’s remarkable literary ubiquity as the foundation for a thorough analysis of the dynamics of adaptation and allusion in western literature. Touching on everything from Old English poetry to the contemporary apocalyptic fiction of the “Left Behind” series, Scheil outlines how medieval Christian society and its cultural successors have adopted Babylon as a political metaphor, a degenerate archetype, and a place associated with the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Combining remarkable erudition with a clear and accessible style, \u003cem\u003eBabylon under Western Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e is the first comprehensive examination of Babylon’s significance within the pantheon of western literature and a testimonial to the continuing influence of biblical, classical, and medieval paradigms in modern culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Babylon as Political Metaphor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter One: The Political Image of Babylon in Antiquity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Political Babylon in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Political Babylon from the Great Schism to the Present\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Babylon as Degenerate Archetype\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy: The Cursed Race\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: The Post-Medieval Genealogy of Babylonian Degeneracy and the Cursed Race Archetype\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Babylon as Sublime Topos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: City of Ruins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Babylon and the Coordinates of Romance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588179390744,"sku":"9781442637337","price":45.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/babylon-under-western-eyes-a-study-of-allusion-and-myth-hardback-9781442637337","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}