4 options
The story of Joseph : a fourteenth-century Turkish morality play / translated by Bill Hickman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Şeyyad Hamza, active 13th century, author.
- Series:
- Middle East literature in translation.
- Middle East Literature in Translation
- Standardized Title:
- Yusuf ve Zeliha. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Joseph (Son of Jacob)--Drama.
- Joseph.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- At the heart of this volume is the translation of a fourteenth-century Turkish version of the Joseph story, better known to Western readers from the version in Genesis, first book of the Hebrew Bible. Hickman provides us with a new lens: we see the drama of the Old Testament prophet Joseph, son of Jacob, through Muslim eyes. The poem's author, Sheyyad Hamza, lived in Anatolia during the early days of the Ottoman Empire. Hamza's composition is rooted in the recondite and little-studied tradition of oral performance-a unique corner of Turkish verbal arts, situated between minstrelsy and the "divan" tradition-combining the roles of preacher and storyteller. A cultural document as well as a literary text that reflects the prevailing values of the time, Hamza's play reveals a picture of Ottoman sensibility, both aesthetic and religious, at the level of popular culture in premodern Turkey. To supplement and contextualize the story, Hickman includes an introduction, a historical-literary afterword, and notes to the translation, all ably assisting an unfamiliar reader's entry into this world.
- Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Front flap""; ""The Story of Joseph""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Dating, Spelling, and Reference Works""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Translation of the Poem""; ""Afterword""; ""Synopsis""; ""Bibliography""; ""Black flap""; ""Back Cover""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780815652700
- 0815652704
- OCLC:
- 880707163
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.