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The Age of Beloveds
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 441

The Age of Beloveds

The Age of Beloveds offers a rich introduction to early modern Ottoman culture through a study of its beautiful lyric love poetry. At the same time, it suggests provocative cross-cultural parallels in the sociology and spirituality of love in Europe—from Istanbul to London—during the long sixteenth century. Walter G. Andrews and Mehmet Kalpakli provide a generous sampling of translations of Ottoman poems, many of which have never appeared in English, along with informative and inspired close readings. The authors explain that the flourishing of Ottoman power and culture during the “Turkish Renaissance” manifested itself, to some degree, as an “age of beloveds,” in which young men...

Reform, Notation and Ottoman music in Early 19th Century Istanbul
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 297

Reform, Notation and Ottoman music in Early 19th Century Istanbul

Reform, Notation and Ottoman Music in Early 19th Century Istanbul: EUTERPE presents the first complete set of transcription and edition of Euterpe (1830) from Byzantine neumatic notation into the modified staff notation used by classical Turkish music and is accompanied by a substantial examination of the related historical, theoretical and musical topics. Through a series of Ottoman/Turkish classical vocal music compositions that can be dated to the 18th and 19th centuries, Euterpe and related sources reinforce a much broader picture of musical practice and transmission in which we clearly see that the Greek and Turkish traditions are linked. Reform, Notation and Ottoman Music in Early 19th Century Istanbul is presented in two parts: historical discussion and musical analysis, and complete transcription and edition of Euterpe. This book will appeal to music scholars and university students interested in minorities, cosmopolitanism in the Middle East and Balkans, the relationship between music and national identity, musical notation, classical Ottoman/Turkish music, Byzantine music, and, most significantly, ethnomusicology.

Altın Şehrin Romanı: Türk Romanında Üsküdar (1871-1950)
  • Language: tr
  • Pages: 463

Altın Şehrin Romanı: Türk Romanında Üsküdar (1871-1950)

Tarihî ve kültürel zenginliği, etkileyici tabiatı ve doğal güzelliklerini tamamlayan mimarîsi, dinî ve manevî hazinesi ile “Altın Şehir” Üsküdar, Türk edebiyatında önemli bir konuma sahiptir. 1950 öncesi Türk romanına bir bütün olarak bakıldığında Üsküdar’ın önemli bir mekân olduğu ve eserlerde geniş bir şekilde yer aldığı görülür. Üsküdar, birçok romancının eserine şehircilik anlayışı ve mimarîsi; tabiatı ve doğal güzellikleri; gündelik, sosyal ve sanat hayatı; aşk, huzur ve eğlence mekânı oluşu; hayalleri süsleyen ve efsanelere konu olan yapısı; mazisi ve tarihe tanıklığı; dünden bugüne Asya ile Avrupa arasında bir...

The Age of Beloveds
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 444

The Age of Beloveds

DIVExamines the "golden age" of the culture of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century, exploring sexuality, gender and literary society, as well as the demographics, economics, politics, society of love and other cultural productions of the Ottoman/div

Ottoman Lyric Poetry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

Ottoman Lyric Poetry

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most significant forces in world history and yet little attention is paid to its rich cultural life. For the people of the Ottoman Empire, lyrical poetry was the most prized literary activity. People from all walks of life aspired to be poets. Ottoman poetry was highly complex and sophisticated and was used to express all manner of things, from feelings of love to a plea for employment. This collection offers free verse translations of 75 lyric poems from the mid-fourteenth to the early twentieth centuries, along with the Ottoman Turkish texts and, new to this expanded edition, photographs of printed, lithographed, and hand-written Ottoman script versions of several of the texts--a bonus for those studying Ottoman Turkish. Biographies of the poets and background information on Ottoman history and literature complete the volume.

Routledge Handbook on Turkish Literature
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 623

Routledge Handbook on Turkish Literature

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of Turkish literature within both a local and global context. Across eight thematic sections a collection of subject experts use close readings of literature materials to provide a critical survey of the main issues and topics within the literature. The chapters provide analysis on a wide range of genres and text types, including novels, poetry, religious texts, and drama, with works studied ranging from the fourteenth century right up to the present day. Using such a historic scope allows the volume to be read across cultures and time, while simultaneously contextualizing and investigating how modern Turkish literature interacts with world lit...

Ottoman Women in Public Space
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 306

Ottoman Women in Public Space

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-05-09
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Examining women as economic and political actors, prostitutes, flirts and slaves, Ottoman Women in Public Space argues that women were active participants in the public space, visible, present and an essential element in the everyday, public life of the empire.

An Iridescent Device: Premodern Ottoman Poetry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 269

An Iridescent Device: Premodern Ottoman Poetry

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-12-03
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  • Publisher: V&R Unipress

Ten experts in premodern literature and history examine the style, genre, and performance of sixteenth century Ottoman poetry. A large number of poems, including a newly discovered imperial poem collection and the work of a poet fallen into oblivion, are discussed with regard to their multifarious functions and their contemporary lyrical appeal. Though most of these poets worked in conventional settings many of the articles in this volume point out how they broke taboos, glossed over violence, and promoted or questioned political rule, even as they appealed to their listeners on an emotional level. The authors provide ample evidence for the importance attributed to certain cities and places, as well as local affiliations and networks. These analyses show how premodern poetry operated as a tool of communication and formed an integral part of premodern social and political life.

Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 691

Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-02-06
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  • Publisher: BRILL

How widespread was authorship among rulers in the premodern Islamic world? The writings of different types of rulers in different regions and periods are analyzed in this book, from the early centuries in the central lands of Islam to 19th century Sudan. The composition of poetry appears as the most fertile area for authorship among rulers. Prose writings show a wide variety, from astrology to bookmaking, from autobiography to creeds. Some of the rulers made claims to special knowledge, but in all cases authorship played a special role in the construction of the rulers' authority and legitimacy. Contributors: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk, Sean W. Anthony, María Luisa Ávila†, Teresa Bernheimer, Philip Bockholt, Sonja Brentjes, Christiane Czygan, David Durand-Guédy, Anne-Marie Eddé, Sinem Eryılmaz, Maribel Fierro, Adam Gaiser, Angelika Hartmann†, Livnat Holtzman, Maher Jarrar, Robert S. Kramer, Christian Mauder, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Letizia Osti, Jürgen Paul, Petra Schmidl, Tilman Seidensticker.

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Art
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 533

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Art

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Art explores the links between literature and visual art from classical ekphrasis through to contemporary experimental forms. The collection’s engagement with diverse literary and cultural artifacts offers a comprehensive survey of the vibrant interrelationships that currently inform literary studies and the arts. Featuring four sections, the first part provides an overview of theoretical approaches to art and literature from philosophy and aesthetics through to cognitive neuroscience. Part two examines one of the most important intersections between text and image: the workings of ekphrasis across poetry, fiction, drama, comics, life and travel wr...