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I, Anatolia and Other Plays: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama, Volume Two (Modern Middle East Literature in Translation Series)
Talat Halman
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Description for I, Anatolia and Other Plays: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama, Volume Two (Modern Middle East Literature in Translation Series)
Paperback. Since the middle of the 20th century, Turkish playwriting has been notable for its verve and versatility. This is the collection of modern Turkish plays in English, with subjects ranging from ancient Anatolian mythology and Ottoman history to contemporary social issues, family dramas, and ribald comedy from Turkey's cities and rural areas. Editor(s): Halman, Talat Sait; Warner, Jayne L. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 560 pages, biographical notes. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Since the middle of the twentieth century, Turkish playwriting has been notable for its verve and versatility. This two-volume anthology is the first major collection of modern Turkish plays in English, with subjects ranging from ancient Anatolian mythology and Ottoman history to contemporary social issues, family dramas, and ribald comedy from Turkey's cities and rural areas. It also includes several plays set outside Turkey.
The second volume, I, Anatolia and Other Plays, presents eight major plays from the 1970s through the end of the millennium, including Bald Mehmet of Atca; Old Photographs; The White Gods; I, Anatolia; and, Afife ... Read more. Together, the two volumes grant English-language readers the pleasure of riveting drama in translations that are colloquial as well as faithful. For producers, directors, and actors, they provide a wealth of fresh new material, with characters ranging from Ottoman sultans to a Soviet cosmonaut, from the Byzantine empress Theodora to a fisherman's wife, from residents of an Istanbul neighborhood to King Midas, from Montezuma to a Turkish cabinet minister. Show Less
Since the middle of the twentieth century, Turkish playwriting has been notable for its verve and versatility. This two-volume anthology is the first major collection of modern Turkish plays in English, with subjects ranging from ancient Anatolian mythology and Ottoman history to contemporary social issues, family dramas, and ribald comedy from Turkey's cities and rural areas. It also includes several plays set outside Turkey.
The second volume, I, Anatolia and Other Plays, presents eight major plays from the 1970s through the end of the millennium, including Bald Mehmet of Atca; Old Photographs; The White Gods; I, Anatolia; and, Afife ... Read more. Together, the two volumes grant English-language readers the pleasure of riveting drama in translations that are colloquial as well as faithful. For producers, directors, and actors, they provide a wealth of fresh new material, with characters ranging from Ottoman sultans to a Soviet cosmonaut, from the Byzantine empress Theodora to a fisherman's wife, from residents of an Istanbul neighborhood to King Midas, from Montezuma to a Turkish cabinet minister. Show Less
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Middle East Literature in Translation
Number of Pages
371
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815609353
SKU
V9780815609353
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About Talat Halman
Talat S. Halman is professor and chairman of the Department of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara. He has written or edited more than seventy-five books, including Ibrahim the Mad and Other Plays: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama, Volume One, and Nightingales and Pleasure Gardens: Turkish Love Poems, also published by Syracuse University Press. Jayne L. Warner ... Read more
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