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Byron's Infidel and the Muslim Fisherman

Unlike his contemporary Orientalist rivals, who include Shelley, Southey, Landor, and Moore, Byron actually travelled to and experienced the Orient firsthand. Hence, it is important to gauge the extent to which his Orientalist preconceptions are able to survive contact with reality as well as the extent to which they are modified. It is important to understand the extent to which his Oriental representations were and still are widely regarded as reliable among literary scholars and critics. The fact that even modern critics often take it for granted that his observations were and still are valid, shows that his representations fit in well with the dominant stereotypes and discursive practices of most contemporary Orientalism. Byron's notes to the Oriental tales reflect the importance he placed on them being seen as authentic representations of the East. This can be easily seen through his extensive use of footnotes, Oriental words and imagery, and his letters. In the case of The Giaour, for example, he takes great care to inform the reader that the poem is both precise and empirically verifiable.! However, perhaps the best example of his keenness on reliability, and his wish to be recognised as such, is evident in his letter to the famous traveller Edward Daniel Clarke: