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The Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society
Walter G. Andrews
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Description for The Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society
Paperback. Examines the "golden age" of the culture of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century, exploring sexuality, gender and literary society, as well as the demographics, economics, politics, society of love and other cultural productions of the Ottomans. In part Num Pages: 440 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
The Age of Beloveds offers a rich introduction to early modern Ottoman culture through a study of its beautiful lyric love poetry. At the same time, it suggests provocative cross-cultural parallels in the sociology and spirituality of love in Europe—from Istanbul to London—during the long sixteenth century. Walter G. Andrews and Mehmet Kalpakli provide a generous sampling of translations of Ottoman poems, many of which have never appeared in English, along with informative and inspired close readings. The authors explain that the flourishing of Ottoman power and culture during the “Turkish Renaissance” manifested itself, to some degree, as an “age ... Read more
The Age of Beloveds offers a rich introduction to early modern Ottoman culture through a study of its beautiful lyric love poetry. At the same time, it suggests provocative cross-cultural parallels in the sociology and spirituality of love in Europe—from Istanbul to London—during the long sixteenth century. Walter G. Andrews and Mehmet Kalpakli provide a generous sampling of translations of Ottoman poems, many of which have never appeared in English, along with informative and inspired close readings. The authors explain that the flourishing of Ottoman power and culture during the “Turkish Renaissance” manifested itself, to some degree, as an “age ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
646g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822334248
SKU
V9780822334248
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About Walter G. Andrews
Walter G. Andrews is Research Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Washington. He is the author of Poetry’s Voice, Society’s Song: Ottoman Lyric Poetry and An Introduction to Ottoman Poetry. Mehmet Kalpakli is Chair and Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Center for Ottoman Studies at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. They ... Read more
Reviews for The Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society
“The Age of Beloveds is a treasure and a masterpiece. With breathtakingly extensive original research, it is beautifully written, in a style both inviting and impressive. It is the fruit of a lifetime’s project to add Ottoman literature to the canons of world literature.”—Victoria Holbrook, author of The Unreadable Shores of Love: Turkish Modernity and Mystic Romance “The Age of ... Read more