Through close readings of major poems, this book examines why the
second-generation Romantic poets - Byron, Shelley, and Keats -
stage so much of their poetry in Eastern or Orientalized settings.
It argues that they do so not only to interrogate their own
imaginations, but also as a way of criticizing Europe's growing
imperialism. For them the Orient is a projection of Europe's own
fears and desires. It is therefore a charged setting in which to
explore and contest the limits of the age's aesthetics, politics
and culture. Being nearly always self-conscious and ironic, the
poets' treatment of the Orient becomes itself a twinned criticism
of 'Romantic' egotism and the Orientalism practiced by earlier
generations. The book goes further to claim that poems like
Shelley's Revolt of Islam, Byron's 'Eastern' Tales, or even Keats's
Lamia anticipate key issues at stake in postcolonial studies more
generally.
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