A History of Ottoman Poetry, Volume V

Later 19th Century

E. J. W. Gibb (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2025
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-3995-5988-1 (ISBN)

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Volume V of E.J.W. Gibb’s classic study of Ottoman Poetry – here reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead, covers the later 19th century.

Volume V of E.J.W. Gibb’s classic study of Ottoman Poetry – here reissued with a new foreword by Christine Woodhead – covers the later 19th century.

Gibb’s History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 to 1909, provided the first extended account in English of Ottoman Turkish literature. Based on an impressively wide reading of over five centuries of Ottoman classical poetry and of literary critical works produced by Ottoman commentators, it conveyed not only fascinating information but also a deeply informed understanding of the cultural world of educated Ottomans. Gibb selected and analysed epic poems, religious verse, romances, panegyrics and, above all, lyric poetry. He examined the biographies and social contexts of poets, and he prefaced his work with a much-admired introductory account of Ottoman mysticism and religious philosophy. He included throughout the volumes a wealth of explanatory notes designed to help ‘the ordinary English reader’ appreciate this little-known culture. The History is a classic work which remains a valued introduction to its subject.

This volume is part of a six-volume set. Volumes I–IV focus purely on poetry and poets, while Volume V includes additionally 100 pages of indices to the volumes, prepared by Reynold A. Nicholson. Volume VI, the final volume, comprises the Ottoman text of poems included in the preceding volumes.

Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, a scholar who devoted his life to researching the history, literature, philosophy and religion of the Turks, Persians and Arabs. His particular interest was the poetry of Ottoman Turkey, the fruits of which were published, mostly posthumously, in the six-volume History of Ottoman Poetry. Christine Woodhead is Honorary Fellow in Ottoman History at the University of Durham.

Preface by Christine Woodhead
Editor's Preface to Volume V

1. The Dawn of a New Era 1275 - 1296 (1859 - 1879)
2. Shinásí Efendi 1242 - 1288 (1826-7 - 1871)
3. Ziyá Pasha 1245 - 1297 (1829-30 - 1880)

INDEX I: NAMES OF PERSONS AND PLACES, ETC.
INDEX II: BOOKS, JOURNALS, POEMS, ETC.
INDEX III: INDEX OF TECHNICAL TERMS AND ORIENTAL WORDS.
INDEX IV: SUBJECTS
ADDENDA TO INDEX

APPENDIX: First lines of the Turkish Text of the Poems translated in Volume V.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Gibb Memorial Trust
Vorwort	Christine Woodhead
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-3995-5988-5 / 1399559885
ISBN-13	978-1-3995-5988-1 / 9781399559881
Zustand	Neuware