Early mystics in Turkish literature / Mehmed Fuad Koprulu ; translated, edited and with an introduction by Gary Leiser and Robert Dankoff ; foreword by Devin DeWeese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Köprülü, Mehmet Fuat, 1890-1966.

Contributor:

Leiser, Gary, 1946-

Dankoff, Robert.

Series:

RoutledgeCurzon Sufi series.

Routledge Sufi Series

Standardized Title:

Türk edebiyatıʼnda ilk mutasavvıflar. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

I︠A︡savi, Akhmed, 1103-1166.

I︠A︡savi, Akhmed.

Yunus Emre, -1320?.

Yunus Emre.

Turkish literature--History and criticism.

Turkish literature.

Sufi literature--Turkey--History and criticism.

Sufi literature.

Mysticism in literature.

Folk songs, Turkish.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a translation of one of the most important Turkish scholarly works of the twentieth century. It was the masterpiece of M.F. Koprulu, one of Turkey's leading, and most prolific, intellectuals and scholars. Using a wide variety of Arabic, and especially Turkish and Persian sources, this book sheds light on the early development of Turkish literature and attempts to show the continuity in this development between the Turks and that of Anatolia. Early Mystics in Turkish Literature addresses this topic within the context of other subjects, including Sufism, Islam and the ge

Contents:

Cover; EARLY MYSTICS IN TURKISH LITERATURE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FORWORD; TRANSLATORS' INTRODUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; Part I AHMAD YASAWĪ AND HIS INFLUENCE ON TURKISH LITERATURE; 1 TURKISH LITERATURE BEFORE AHMAD YASAWĪ; 2 THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF AHMAD YASAWĪ; 3 THE HISTORICAL LIFE OF AHMAD YASAWĪ; 4 THE KHALĪFAS AND TARĪQA OF AHMAD YASAWĪ; 5 THE WORK OF AHMAD YASAWĪ; 6 AHMAD YASAWĪ'S LITERARY INFLUENCE; Part II YŪNUS EMRE AND HIS INFLUENCE ON TURKISH LITERATURE

7 TURKISH LITERATURE IN ANATOLIA BEFORE YŪNUS EMRE8 THE LIFE OF YŪNUS EMRE; 9 THE WORK OF YŪNUS EMRE; 10 YŪNUS EMRE'S INFLUENCE ON TURKISH LITERATURE AND HIS IMITATORS; APPENDIX 1: Chains of authority; APPENDIX 2: Some hymns of Yūnus Emre; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-429) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-21136-8

1-280-55262-X

9786610552627

0-203-01958-X

9780203019580

OCLC:

264478212