A history of Ottoman poetry. Volume III, 1520-1600 / by E. J. W. Gibb ; edited by Edward G. Browne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibb, Elias John Wilkinson, 1857-1901, author.

Contributor:

Browne, Edward Granville, 1862-1926, editor.

Series:

Gibb Memorial Trust Turkish Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkish poetry--History and criticism.

Turkish poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (501 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb's devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time of his early death in 1901 only the first volume had appeared in print. The remainder was almost complete and was seen through the press by Gibb's friend and literary executor, the Persian scholar E. G. Browne. The History was designed to provide the first extended account in English of Ottoman literature. The first four volumes cover four developmental phases, largely under the influence of Persian literature, from

Contents:

1. Selámán and Absál, by Lámicí2. Vámiq and cAzrá""; 3. Vísa and Rámín; 4. Taper and Moth; 5. Contention of Spring and Winter; 6. The Seven Effigies; 7. King and Beggar, by Yahyá Bey; 8. Khayrábád, by Nábí; APPENDIX B: First lines of the Turkish texts of the Poems translated in Vol. III

Notes:

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Description based on online resource; title from title page (Ebook Central, viewed February 13, 2026).

ISBN:

9781909724143

1909724149

9781909724167

1909724165

OCLC:

1481796853