Desert Passions: Orientalism and Romance Novels

Acknowledgments Introduction; 1. Loving the Orient: The Romantic East and European Literature; 2. The Rise of the Desert Romance Novel; 3. E. M. Hull's The Sheik; 4. The Spectacular East: Romantic Orientalism in America; 5. The Orientalist Historical Romance Novel; 6. The Contemporary Sheik Romance Novel: The Historical Background; 7. Harems, Houris, Heroines, and Heroes; 8. From Tourism to Terrorism; 9. Reader Responses to the Modern Orientalist Romance Novel; Conclusion Notes; Bibliography; Index