[Review of:] Charles D. Sabatos: Frontier Orientalism and the Turkish Image in 
Central European Literature

Walton, Jeremy F.

doi:10.30965/18763332-45020007

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[Review of:] Charles D. Sabatos: Frontier Orientalism and the Turkish Image in Central European Literature

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Walton, Jeremy F.
Research Group Empires of Memory, MPI for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Max Planck Society;

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Walton, J. F. (2021). [Review of:] Charles D. Sabatos: Frontier Orientalism and the Turkish Image in Central European Literature. Southeastern Europe, 45(2), 265-268. doi:10.30965/18763332-45020007.

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Like many castles that dot the landscape of Mitteleuropa, the picturesque palace of Trenčín in western Slovakia is home to a tale of star-crossed lovers. A fetching maiden has been imprisoned in the castle; the cruel count, who presides over the manor, vows to free her only if her beloved succeeds in digging a well through the solid rock upon which the Schloss rests. Our hero embarks on this Sisyphean challenge without a second thought, and after three years of incessant labor strikes water. The count’s word is good, and the lovers are reunited. One remarkable detail distinguishes