The Joys of Philology: Studies in Ottoman Literature, History and Orientalism (1500-1923): Poetry, Histogriography, Biography and Autobiography

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The Joys of Philology: Studies in Ottoman Literature, History and Orientalism (1500-1923)

Poetry, Histogriography, Biography and Autobiography

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2010

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This is the first volume of Jan Schmidt’s collection of essays on Ottoman history, literature and historiography.

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CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
Part One. Poetry
1. Poets and Poetry In mid 17th-century Istanbul: Additions to the Dīvān of Fā'izī by the Copyist Yaḥyā and Others in John Rylands Library MS Turkish 81 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
2. Fāżil Beg Enderūnī, Social Historian or Poet? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
3. Sünbülzāde Vehbī's Şevḳ-eīngz; An Ottoman Pornographic Poem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
4. The Poet Meḥmed Eșref Between Sultan and Shah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
Part Two. Historiography
1. The Egri Campaign of 1596; Military History and the Problem of Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
2. Mustafā 'Ālī of Gallipoli, A Moralistic Littérateur on History and the Contemporary Ottoman World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Part Three. Biography and Autobiography
1. The Historian as Biographer: Mustafā 'Ālī of Gallipoli's Biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	147
2. Ottoman Autobiographical Texts in the Leiden University Library Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
3. The Adventures of an Ottoman Horseman: the Autobiography of Kabudli Vasfī Efendi, 1800-1825 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165

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August 11, 2010

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9781463225629

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288

eBook ISBN: 9781463225629