Lalla Rookh

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Lalla Rookh is an 1817 Oriental romance poem by Irish writer Thomas Moore, famed for its exotic setting and interwoven tales of love and politics.

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instanceOf Oriental romance
literary work
narrative poem
author Thomas Moore NERFINISHED
containsWork Paradise and the Peri NERFINISHED
The Fire-Worshippers NERFINISHED
The Light of the Harem NERFINISHED
The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan NERFINISHED
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin Ireland
genre Orientalist literature
romantic poetry
hasAdaptation Lalla-Roukh (1862 opera by Félicien David) NERFINISHED
various 19th-century musical settings
hasCharacter Aliris (disguised poet and prince) NERFINISHED
Aurungzebe (Mughal emperor, in background) NERFINISHED
Feramorz (the poet identity of Aliris) NERFINISHED
hasIllustratedEdition illustrated editions by 19th-century artists
historicalContext early 19th-century British Orientalism
influenced Victorian Orientalist literature
inspired visual art based on its Oriental scenes
language English
literaryForm poem cycle
literaryMovement Romanticism
mainCharacter Lalla Rookh (a Mughal princess) NERFINISHED
medium print
narrativeDevice interwoven tales told during a journey
notableFor its blend of romance and political allegory
its exotic Eastern setting
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationDate 1817
publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown NERFINISHED
setting an imagined Eastern court
structure frame narrative
theme exoticism
love
politics
timePeriodOfSetting a vaguely defined medieval or early modern East

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Thomas Moore notableWork Lalla Rookh