TY - BOOK ID - 376235 TI - The sultan speaks : dialogue in English plays and histories about the Ottoman Turks PY - 2006 SN - 9781403974266 1403974268 1349534846 9786611361075 1281361070 0230601499 PB - New York, N.Y. Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Comparative literature KW - Thematology KW - English literature KW - Drama KW - English drama KW - Islam and literature KW - Turks in literature. KW - Turkic influences. KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - Turkey KW - Islamic countries KW - Historiography. KW - Foreign public opinion, English. KW - In literature. KW - European literature. KW - History, Modern. KW - Literature, Modern. KW - Theater. KW - European Literature. KW - European History. KW - Modern History. KW - Early Modern/Renaissance Literature. KW - Theatre and Performance Studies. KW - Europe KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:376235 AB - The first study of English historical plays about the Turks, using works in Greek, Arabic, and Turkish. Drawing on Bakhtin's concept of the dialogic, McJannet shows that instead of adverse authorial commentary playwrights such as Marlowe and Fulke Greville use dialogue and commentary to enhance the sultan's stature and mitigate his negative acts. ER -