Eight From Tourism to Terrorism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. One. Loving the Orient: The Romantic East and European Literature 27
6. Two The Rise of the Desert Romance Novel 68
7. Three E. M. Hull’s The Sheik 87
8. Four The Spectacular East: Romantic Orientalism in America 109
9. Five The Orientalist Historical Romance Novel 144
10. Six The Contemporary Sheik Romance Novel: The Historical Background 193
11. Seven Harems, Heroines, and Heroes 217
12. Eight From Tourism to Terrorism 241
13. Nine Reader Responses to the Modern Orientalist Romance Novel 279
14. Conclusion 295
15. Notes 307
16. Bibliography 313
17. Index 339