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It is not difficult to realize that Byron is deeply interested in the East: its history, its life, its religion, its languages, and its literature. These factors are: the increasing English interest in the East at the time, his oriental reading, which he began at an early age, and his tour round the East during 1809-11. Of this poetry his Turkish tales, I.E. The Giaour(1813), The Bride of Abydos(1813), The Corsair(1814), and The Siege of Corinth(1816), Stand out as the best representatives of the interest and leaning toward the orient.Byron’s knowledge of Oriental languages is also examined to see if he is able to read Eastern literature in the original language or in translation. After this the first Chapter expounds the feedback of Byron’s experience in the East. Here Byron’s attitude towards the Turks, the Turkish conventions, and Islam is Discussed. Finally this Chapter treats of Byron’s literary doctrine to show how his writing largely refects both his life and his reading.The Second chapter examines Byron’s tour round the East in 1809-11 as a source of his Turkish tales. Then it shows how many of the Eastern conventions, traditions, and customs are vividly objeectified in these tales.The Third Chapter examines Byron’s Oriental reading as a source of his Turkish tales. it shows that some of the Oriental works Byron has perused have a direct bearing on the composition of his tales.
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