Waiting for Müteferrika : Glimpses on Ottoman Print Culture / Orlin Sabev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sabev, Orlin, Author.

Series:

Ottoman and Turkish Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

İbrahim Müteferrika, 1674?-1745.

İbrahim Müteferrika.

Publishers and publishing--Turkey--History.

Publishers and publishing.

Printing--Turkey--History.

Printing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a study of the first Ottoman/Muslim printer Ibrahim Müteferrika and his printing activity in the first half of the eighteenth century. By reviewing the existing views in narratives dating from the fifteenth through the nineteenth century and modern scholarly works, most of them quite critically discussing the relatively late introduction of Ottoman Turkish/Muslim printing, the book argues that the delay was mainly due to the lack of an appropriate printer who would be capable and eager enough to set a printing house and whom the Ottoman authority could trust. By focusing on Müteferrika's western-formed mindset the book detects the influence of his printing enterprise upon the transition from scribal tradition to print culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on the Front Cover Image

Note on Transliteration

List of Tables and Figures

Introduction: In Search of Lost Time?

Chapter 1. The Strange Arts: Printing and Other "Oddities"

Chapter 2. Out of the Ordinary: İbrahim Müteferrika's Mind-set

Chapter 3. Deus ex Machina: The Müteferrika Press

Chapter 4. They Hadn't Read My Prints: Success or Failure?

Chapter 5. Virgin or Poison: The Making of Ottoman Print

Culture Conclusion: Waiting for Godot?

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9781618116192

OCLC:

1035227173