Nostalgia and Re-Imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road

This essay aims to examine the re-imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s works: Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road, arguing and commenting on the definition of the Orient between the interwar period of Europe. Moreover, the idea of orientalism is to be discussed and handl...

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Main Author: Haluk Ihsan Talay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne
Series:Viatica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/2926
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description This essay aims to examine the re-imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s works: Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road, arguing and commenting on the definition of the Orient between the interwar period of Europe. Moreover, the idea of orientalism is to be discussed and handled in light of the concept of frontier orientalism, especially concerning Leigh Fermor’s remarks on Central and Eastern European countries. Additionally, I will examine the concept of nostalgia in Leigh Fermor’s work in an inquisitive manner, commenting on Leigh Fermor’s nostalgia as well as its features. Nostalgia in the said works is to be discussed as a concept reflecting the romantic past while creating a stepping-stone for those regions.
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spelling doaj.art-b14ed00bc60448a58dea268c38a740072024-02-14T08:58:53ZengUniversité Clermont AuvergneViatica2275-0827610.4000/viatica.2926Nostalgia and Re-Imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken RoadHaluk Ihsan TalayThis essay aims to examine the re-imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s works: Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road, arguing and commenting on the definition of the Orient between the interwar period of Europe. Moreover, the idea of orientalism is to be discussed and handled in light of the concept of frontier orientalism, especially concerning Leigh Fermor’s remarks on Central and Eastern European countries. Additionally, I will examine the concept of nostalgia in Leigh Fermor’s work in an inquisitive manner, commenting on Leigh Fermor’s nostalgia as well as its features. Nostalgia in the said works is to be discussed as a concept reflecting the romantic past while creating a stepping-stone for those regions.https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/2926travelEuropeOrientalismLeigh Fermor (Patrick)nostalgia
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Nostalgia and Re-Imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road
Viatica
travel
Europe
Orientalism
Leigh Fermor (Patrick)
nostalgia
title Nostalgia and Re-Imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road
title_full Nostalgia and Re-Imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road
title_fullStr Nostalgia and Re-Imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road
title_full_unstemmed Nostalgia and Re-Imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road
title_short Nostalgia and Re-Imagining of the Orient in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Between the Woods and the Water and The Broken Road
title_sort nostalgia and re imagining of the orient in patrick leigh fermor s between the woods and the water and the broken road
topic travel
Europe
Orientalism
Leigh Fermor (Patrick)
nostalgia
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