Download or read book A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron's Oriental Tales written by Naji B. Oueijan and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces Lord Byron's Oriental scholarship and recognizes the wealth of his tales' Orientalism. Two chapters on Byron and the Eastern World and the background of his Oriental tales are followed by alphabetical entries, in subsectioned categories, that list Eastern characters, names, ranks, customs, costumes, sites, architectural structures, decorations, flora, and fauna, thus providing the reader of Byron's tales corporeal and fascinating insights into the Eastern culture and its milieu, myths, and symbols. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR