Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- ORIENTALISM, LITERARY ORIENTALISM -- Chapter 1 - ORIENTALISM, LITERARY ORIENTALISM AND ROMANTICISM -- The Origins of Orientalism -- Three Views of Orientalism -- Edward Said's Theory -- Literary Orientalism -- Orientalism and Romanticism -- and -- Romantic Orientalism: The Cases of Scott and Goethe -- Notes -- Chapter 2 THE ORIENTAL ROOTS OF THE PICARESQUE -- Notes -- Chapter 3 ORIENTALISM AND LITERARY TRANSLATION -- Notes -- Chapter 4 THE ORIENTAL SOURCES OF COURTLY LOVE -- References -- Chapter 5 THE ORIENTAL SOURCES OF COURTLY LOVE -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 GOING NATIVE: CONRAD AND POSTCOLONIAL DISCOURSE -- Notes -- Chapter 7 MODERN UNIVERSALISM AND THE MYTH OF WESTERNNESS -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 Globalism and the Universal Language: Some Lessons from the Past -- Notes -- Chapter 9 LANGUAGE, TRUTH, AND LOGIC IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISM AND THE DISCOURSE OF CIVILIZATIONS* -- The Discourse of Civilizations -- Globalization and the Crisis of the Media -- The International Language and Linguistic Imperialism -- References -- Chapter 10 COLONIALISM, POSTCOLONIALISM, AND ANTI- COLONIALISM: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FALSE RHETORIC OF FREEDOM -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.