An Ottoman mentality : the world of Evliya Celebi / by Robert Dankoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dankoff, Robert.

Series:

Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 31.

Ottoman Empire and its heritage, 1380-6076 ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evliya Çelebi, 1611?-1682?.

Evliya Çelebi.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 279 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph examines Evliya Celebi's travel account to get at Ottoman perceptions of the world, relating to geography, administration, .religion, narative styles, sexual relations, dream interpretation, and conceptions of the self."

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: Man of Istanbul""; ""Chapter Two: Man of the World""; ""Chapter Three: Servitor of the Sultan""; ""Chapter Four: Gentleman and Dervish""; ""Chapter Five: Raconteur""; ""Chapter Six: Reporter and Entertainer""; ""Afterword Ottoman Understandings of the World in the Seventeenth Century""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-265) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-91489-0

9786610914890

90-474-0491-2

1-4294-0828-6

OCLC:

191935701