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Synopsis
The History of Ottoman Poetry is the most important fruit of E.J.W. Gibb's long devotion to Turkish literature. Only one volume had appeared in print by the time of his early death in 1901 but the remainder were almost complete and was seen through the press by E.G. Browne. It was designed to give the English reader a clear account of the subject. The first volume includes discussions of themes, verse forms and rhetoric and also of the earliest West-Turkish poetry up to 1450. The story is then carried through to the revolution caused by the adoption of European models in the later 19th century. Gibb was concerned to avoid a purely biographical approach and carefully analyzed the works of the poets, tracing the development of style, which, before the Modern Movement, was to a great extent a matter of Persian influences and reaction to them. No comparable English study has appeared since and the work is still valuable to students. Volumes II & VI are being reprinted for 2002.
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About the Author
The Gibb Memorial Trust was set up by Mrs Gibb in memory of her son E J W Gibb to promote researches into the history, literature, philosophy and religion of the Turks, Persians and Arabs, to which, from his youth upwards, until his premature death in his forty-fifth year, on December 5th, 1901, his life was devoted.
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- PublisherGibb Memorial Trust
- ISBN 10 0906094232
- ISBN 13 9780906094235
- BindingHardcover
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