An Iridescent Device: Premodern Ottoman Poetry
Contributions by Christiane Czygan Contributions by Gül Sen Contributions by Ali Emre Özyildirim Contributions by Benedek Péri Contributions by Hülya Çelik Contributions by Jan Schmidt Contributions by Michael Heß Contributions by Edith Ambros Contributions by Gisela Procházka-Eisl Contributions by Hatice Aynur Edited by Christiane Czygan Edited by Stephan Conermann
Hardback (Published)
(December 2018)
ISBN: 9783847108559
6.34 x 9.33 inches
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Ten experts in premodern literature and history examine the style, genre, and performance of sixteenth century Ottoman poetry. A large number of poems, including a newly discovered royal poem collection and the work of a poet fallen into oblivion, are discussed with regard to their multifarious functions and their contemporary lyrical appeal. Though most of these poets worked in conventional settings many of the articles in this volume point out how they broke taboos, glossed over violence, and promoted or questioned political rule, even as they appealed to their listeners on an emotional level. The authors provide ample evidence for the importance attributed to certain cities and places, as well as local affiliations and networks. These analyses show how premodern poetry operated as a tool of communication and formed an integral part of premodern social and political life.
Dr Christiane Czygan was trained in Ottoman Studies by Petra Kappert (Hamburg) and Orhan Şaik Gökyay (Istanbul). She received her MA in Turkish Studies, History, and French Literature at the University of Hamburg, where she taught Ottoman History and Literature. Her PhD thesis, How to Rule the State: Young Ottoman Intellectuals and their Concepts in the Journal Hürriyet. (Berlin: Klaus Schwarz 2012) appeared in German. She published numerous articles on Ottoman intellectuals, and premodern Ottoman poetry. Her research interests lay in Ottoman history and literature and she focuses on the history of the press, ruler poetry and premodern rule. Czygan currently teaches at the Federal Forces University of Munich.
- Contributions by Christiane Czygan
- Contributions by Gül Sen
- Contributions by Ali Emre Özyildirim
- Contributions by Benedek Péri
- Contributions by Hülya Çelik
- Contributions by Jan Schmidt
- Contributions by Michael Hess
- Contributions by Edith Ambros
- Contributions by Gisela Procházka-Eisl
- Contributions by Hatice Aynur
- Edited by Christiane Czygan
- Edited by Stephan Conermann
Other Titles in this Series
The Mamluk-Ottoman Transition
Continuity and Change in Egypt and Bilād al-Shām in the Sixteenth Century, 2
Lobgedichte und andere Gedichte des osmanischen Dichters Keşfī (m. 1538–9)
Versuch der Bestimmung eines unpopulären Stils
Kitāb-ı Hedāyā
Studien zum Osmanischen Reich und seinen Nachbargebieten. Festschrift zu Ehren von Hedda Reindl-Kiel
Kitāb Dustūr al-gharāʾib wa-maʿdan al-raghāʾib and Related Texts
The Correspondence (Inshāʾ) of Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Ḥasan al-Bakrī al-Ṣiddīqī (930–994/1524–1586)
The Mamluk-Ottoman Transition
Continuity and Change in Egypt and Bilād al-Shām in the Sixteenth Century
Die osmanisch-türkische Frauenbewegung im Kontext internationaler Frauenorganisationen
Eine Beziehungs- und Verflechtungsgeschichte von 1895 bis 1935
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