A History of Ottoman Poetry: Turkish Texts (VI) - Couverture rigide

Gibb, E. J. W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1399559923 ISBN 13 : 9781399559928

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Volume VI of E.J.W. Gibb's classic study of Ottoman Poetry - here reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead - contains the original Turkish of poems translated by Gibb in volumes I-V.

Gibb's History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 to 1909, provided the first extended account in English of Ottoman Turkish literature. Based on an impressively wide reading of over five centuries of Ottoman classical poetry and of literary critical works produced by Ottoman commentators, it conveyed not only fascinating information but also a deeply informed understanding of the cultural world of educated Ottomans. Gibb selected and analysed epic poems, religious verse, romances, panegyrics and, above all, lyric poetry. He examined the biographies and social contexts of poets, and he prefaced his work with a much-admired introductory account of Ottoman mysticism and religious philosophy. He included throughout the volumes a wealth of explanatory notes designed to help 'the ordinary English reader' appreciate this little-known culture. The History is a classic work which remains a valued introduction to its subject.

This volume is part of a six-volume set. Volumes I-IV focus purely on poetry and poets, while Volume V includes additionally 100 pages of indices to the volumes, prepared by Reynold A. Nicholson. Volume VI, the final volume, comprises the Ottoman text of poems included in the preceding volumes.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, a scholar who devoted his life to researching the history, literature, philosophy and religion of the Turks, Persians and Arabs. His particular interest was the poetry of Ottoman Turkey, the fruits of which were published, mostly posthumously, in the six-volume History of Ottoman Poetry.

Christine Woodhead is Honorary Fellow in Ottoman History at the University of Durham.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1399559923
• ISBN 13: 9781399559928
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 424
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