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The object of this study is to provide empirical validation for the hypothesis that during the process of the translation of Orhan Pamuk's novel Kara Kitap (1990) by Guneli Gun, a transformation of images has taken place, the nature of which is dependent on the strategic choices…

Land, Event, Empire explores the hitherto unexamined relation between the British picturesque and Indian sacred landscape aesthetics as they were altered by the Mutiny of 1857. By examining the picturesque and sacred renditions of the land and Mutiny between 1800-1979 and in sev…

This thesis examines and contextualises historically significant aspects of the ways in which David Roberts’ lucrative lithographic publication Egypt and Nubia (1846-49) represented the “Orient”. The analysis demonstrates that Roberts used tropes, particularly ruins and disposse…

This project puts forth the argument that when the late eighteenth century’s taste for nature and picturesque tourism had peaked, writers following in the picturesque tradition grappled with the limitations and confines of these aesthetic categories. In the chapters that follow,…