A history of Ottoman poetry. Volume 1, 1300-1450 / E. J. W Gibb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

Gibb Memorial Trust Turkish Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic poetry--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry.

Imagery (Psychology) in literature.

Visualization in literature.

Fantasy in literature.

Turkish poetry--History and criticism.

Turkish poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (540 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 1984.

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:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; On the Pronunciation of the Ottoman Names and Words; List of the Ottoman Sultans; Table of Contents; BOOK I: INTRODUCTORY -; Chapter I: The Origin, Character and Scope of Ottoman Poetry; Chapter II: Tradition, Philosophy and Mysticism; Chapter III: Verse-Forms, Prosody and Rhetoric; Chapter IV: Historical Outline; BOOK II: THE FIRST PERIOD -; Note on the Authorities for the First Period; Chapter I: The Early Mystics - Jelal-ud-Din. Sultan Veled. Yunus Imre. Ashiq Pasha; Chapter II: The Beginning of Secular Poetry - Teftazani. Cadi Burhan-ud-Din

Chapter III: The First Ottoman Poets - Ahmed. Niyazi. Suleyman ChelebiChapter IV: Riveting the Yoke - Prince Suleyman's Poets. Ahmed-i Dai; Chapter V: The Romancists - Ahmedi; Chapter VI: The Romancists (continued) - Sheykhi; Chapter VII: The Hurufis - Nesimi. Refii; Chapter VIII: The Scribe and his Sons - Salah-ud-Din. Yaziji-oghli Mehemmed; Chapter IX: Minor Poets - Lyric Writers. Mevlevis. Romancists; Chapter X: Concluding Remarks - The Position at the Close of the First Period. Eastern and Western Culture in the Middle Ages; APPENDIX: -

First Lines of tile Turkish Text of the Poems translated in Volume I.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780906094181

0906094186

9780906094747

0906094747

9781909724105

1909724106

OCLC:

1481796288