TY - BOOK ID - 77886934 TI - Samuel Johnson's attitude toward Islam PY - 2012 SN - 0773420401 9780773420403 9780773439177 077343917X PB - Lewiston, N.Y. Edwin Mellen Press DB - UniCat KW - Civilization, Arab, in literature. KW - East and West in literature. KW - Islamic civilization in literature. KW - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Islam. KW - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Knowledge -- Orient. KW - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. KW - Middle East -- In literature. KW - Orientalism in literature. KW - Johnson, Samuel, KW - Orientalism in literature KW - East and West in literature KW - Islamic civilization in literature KW - Civilization, Arab, in literature KW - Eurocentrism in literature KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - English Literature KW - Civilization, Islamic, in literature KW - Orient KW - Knowledge KW - Islam KW - Middle East KW - Africa, North KW - In literature. KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, West KW - Asia, Western KW - East (Middle East) KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Southwest Asia KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77886934 AB - This study is the first to juxtapose pre-existing texts with Samuel Johnson's portrayal of the Orient, particularly Islam and Arab culture. Nassir asserts that Johnson's observations of Islam in both his writings and conversations prove that he did not look at it objectively and was highly biased against Islam and Arab culture in his assessment. The book seeks to furnish the students of eighteenth century English literature, Johnsonian scholars, and orientalists with useful observations of his orientalism as a whole in light of Johnson's life, personality, and period in which he wrote. ER -