A Millennium of Turkish Literature

A Concise History

Talat S. Halman (Autor)

Jayne L. Warner (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2011
Syracuse University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8156-0958-2 (ISBN)

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From Orhon inscriptions to Orhan Pamuk, the story of Turkish literature from the eighth century A.D. to the present day is rich and complex, full of firm traditions and daring transformations. Spanning a geographic range from Outer Mongolia and the environs of China through Inner Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, the Balkans and Europe all the way to North America, the history of Turkish literature encompasses an amalgam of cultural and literary orientations that embraced such traditions and influences as Chinese, Indian, Turkic, Mongolian, Uyghur, Russian, Arabo-Persian, Islamic, Sufi, Judaeo-Christian, Greek, Mesopotamian, Roman, Byzantine, European, Scandinavian, North American, and Latin American. Always receptive to the nurturing values, aesthetic tastes, and literary penchants from diverse civilizations, Turkish culture succeeded in evolving a sui generis personality. It clung onto its own established traits; yet, it was flexible enough to welcome innovations—or even revolutionary change. A Millennium of Turkish Literature tells the story of how literature evolved and grew in stature on the Turkish mainland in the course of a thousand years. The book features numerous poems and extracts, most in fluid translations by Talat S. Halman. This volume provides a concise, but captivating, introduction to Turkish literature and, with selections from its extensive ""Further Reading"" section, serves as an invaluable guide to Turkish literature for course adoption.

Talat S. Halman is professor and chairman of the Department of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara. Halman is the author and editor of more than eighty books, including Nightingales and Pleasure Gardens, The Turkish Muse, and A Brave New Quest. Jayne L. Warner is the director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2011
Reihe/Serie	Middle East Literature In Translation
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	284 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8156-0958-2 / 0815609582
ISBN-13	978-0-8156-0958-2 / 9780815609582
Zustand	Neuware