An Iridescent Device Premodern Ottoman Poetry

Author : Christiane Czygan,Stephan Conermann
Publisher : V&R Unipress
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783847008552

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An Iridescent Device: Premodern Ottoman Poetry by Christiane Czygan,Stephan Conermann Pdf

Ten experts in premodern literature and history examine the style, genre, and performance of sixteenth century Ottoman poetry. A large number of poems, including a newly discovered imperial poem collection and the work of a poet fallen into oblivion, are discussed with regard to their multifarious functions and their contemporary lyrical appeal. Though most of these poets worked in conventional settings many of the articles in this volume point out how they broke taboos, glossed over violence, and promoted or questioned political rule, even as they appealed to their listeners on an emotional level. The authors provide ample evidence for the importance attributed to certain cities and places, as well as local affiliations and networks. These analyses show how premodern poetry operated as a tool of communication and formed an integral part of premodern social and political life.

Author : Stephan Conermann,Christiane Czygan
Publisher : V&R Unipress
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Turkish poetry
ISBN : 3847108557

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An Iridescent Device by Stephan Conermann,Christiane Czygan Pdf

Ten experts in premodern literature and history examine the style, genre, and performance of sixteenth century Ottoman poetry. A large number of poems, including a newly discovered imperial poem collection and the work of a poet fallen into oblivion, are discussed with regard to their multifarious functions and their contemporary lyrical appeal. Though most of these poets worked in conventional settings many of the articles in this volume point out how they broke taboos, glossed over violence, and promoted or questioned political rule, even as they appealed to their listeners on an emotional level. The authors provide ample evidence for the importance attributed to certain cities and places, as well as local affiliations and networks. These analyses show how premodern poetry operated as a tool of communication and formed an integral part of premodern social and political life.

Author : Christiane Czygan,Stephan Conermann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1245362304

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An Iridescent Device: Premodern Ottoman Poetry by Christiane Czygan,Stephan Conermann Pdf

Author : Gül Şen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004510418

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Making Sense of History by Gül Şen Pdf

In Making Sense of History: Narrativity and Literariness in the Ottoman Chronicle of Naʿīmā, Gül Şen offers the first comprehensive analysis of narrativity in the most prominent official Ottoman court chronicle

Author : Denise Klein,Anna Vlachopoulou
Publisher : V&R unipress
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783737011662

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Transottoman Biographies, 16th–20th c. by Denise Klein,Anna Vlachopoulou Pdf

For centuries, people moved between the Ottoman Empire, Eastern Europe, and Iran. This book studies the biographies of individuals and groups as different as rulers and revolutionaries, frontier bandits and merchants, soldiers and slaves from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Following their journeys across borders, the case studies of this volume emphasize the profound effect that mobility had on the lives and thoughtworlds of everyone with a Transottoman trajectory. The chapters reveal breaks, adjustments, and continuities in people’s biographies and the in-betweenness that moving typically created.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004690615

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Rulers as Authors in the Islamic World by Anonim Pdf

How widespread was authorship among rulers in the premodern Islamic world? The writings of different types of rulers in different regions and periods are analyzed in this book, from the early centuries in the central lands of Islam to 19th century Sudan. The composition of poetry appears as the most fertile area for authorship among rulers. Prose writings show a wide variety, from astrology to bookmaking, from autobiography to creeds. Some of the rulers made claims to special knowledge, but in all cases authorship played a special role in the construction of the rulers' authority and legitimacy. Contributors: Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk, Sean W. Anthony, María Luisa Ávila†, Teresa Bernheimer, Philip Bockholt, Sonja Brentjes, Christiane Czygan, David Durand-Guédy, Anne-Marie Eddé, Sinem Eryılmaz, Maribel Fierro, Adam Gaiser, Angelika Hartmann†, Livnat Holtzman, Maher Jarrar, Robert S. Kramer, Christian Mauder, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Letizia Osti, Jürgen Paul, Petra Schmidl, Tilman Seidensticker.

Author : Hülya Çelik,Petr Kučera
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527515260

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Selected Studies on Genre in Middle Eastern Literatures by Hülya Çelik,Petr Kučera Pdf

The examination of literary genres in the Middle East opens the possibility of gaining new insights into the intellectual universe of Middle Eastern societies, the question of production of meaning, what “literature” meant in different historical periods, and the underlying epistemology of producing knowledge, and how this epistemology has changed over time. This book comprises 12 case studies from the three major Middle Eastern languages – Arabic, Persian, and Turkish – written by experts in the field. It brings together a wide range of approaches – from the study of epics to an analysis of travelogues, and from classical poetry to novels. Instead of focusing on one period or juxtaposing the classical genres and the West-induced development of “modern genres,” the studies in their totality apply a broad diachronic and synchronic perspective, with the potential to create a comparative framework for the study of the sociocultural and narratological dimensions of genre in the Middle East.

Author : Enrique Jiménez,Catherine Mittermayer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501510212

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Disputation Literature in the Near East and Beyond by Enrique Jiménez,Catherine Mittermayer Pdf

Disputation literature is a type of text in which usually two non-human entities (such as trees, animals, drinks, or seasons) try to establish their superiority over each other by means of a series of speeches written in an elaborate, flowery register. As opposed to other dialogue literature, in disputation texts there is no serious matter at stake only the preeminence of one of the litigants over its rival. These light-hearted texts are known in virtually every culture that flourished in the Middle East from Antiquity to the present day, and they constitute one of the most enduring genres in world literature. The present volume collects over twenty contributions on disputation literature by a diverse group of world-renowned scholars. From ancient Sumer to modern-day Bahrain, from Egyptian to Neo-Aramaic, including Latin, French, Middle English, Armenian, Chinese and Japanese, the chapters of this book study the multiple avatars of this venerable text type.

Author : Nevin Reda
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773548862

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The Al-Baqara Crescendo by Nevin Reda Pdf

A study of the poetics and hermeneutics of the Qur?an's narrative structure, focusing on Surat al-Baqara.

Author : Andrew G. Bannister
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780739183588

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An Oral-Formulaic Study of the Qur'an by Andrew G. Bannister Pdf

The Qur’an makes extensive use of older religious material, stories, and traditions that predate the origins of Islam, and there has long been a fierce debate about how this material found its way into the Qur’an. This unique book argues that this debate has largely been characterized by a failure to fully appreciate the Qur’an as a predominately oral product. Using innovative computerized linguistic analysis, this study demonstrates that the Qur’an displays many of the signs of oral composition that have been found in other traditional literature. When one then combines these computerized results with other clues to the Qur’an’s origins (such as the demonstrably oral culture that both predated and preceded the Qur’an, as well as the “folk memory” in the Islamic tradition that Muhammad was an oral performer) these multiple lines of evidence converge and point to the conclusion that large portions of the Qur’an need to be understood as being constructed live, in oral performance. Combining historical, linguistic, and statistical analysis, much of it made possible for the first time due to new computerized tools developed specifically for this book, Bannister argues that the implications of orality have long been overlooked in studies of the Qur’an. By relocating the Islamic scripture firmly back into an oral context, one gains both a fresh appreciation of the Qur’an on its own terms, as well as a fresh understanding of how Muhammad used early religious traditions, retelling old tales afresh for a new audience.

Author : Miriam Ovadia
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004372511

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Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya and the Divine Attributes by Miriam Ovadia Pdf

In Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya and the Divine Attributes Miriam Ovadia offers a thorough study of his voluminous theological work on anthropomorphism, al-Ṣawāʿiq al-Mursala (written ca. 1350), in which he rationalistically systemized the hermeneutics of his renowned mentor Ibn Taymiyya.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004343733

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Legal Documents as Sources for the History of Muslim Societies by Anonim Pdf

This volume examines the use of legal documents for the history of Muslim societies, presenting case studies from different periods and areas of the Muslim world from medieval Iran and Egypt to contemporary Yemen and Morocco, and involving multiple disciplinary approaches.

Author : Alain George,Andrew Marsham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190498931

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Power, Patronage, and Memory in Early Islam by Alain George,Andrew Marsham Pdf

When the Umayyads, the first Islamic dynasty, rose to power shortly after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (d. 632), the polity of which they assumed control had only recently expanded out of Arabia into the Roman eastern Mediterranean, Iraq and Iran. A century later, by the time of their downfall in 750, the last Umayyad caliphs governed the largest empire that the world had seen, stretching from Spain in the West to the Indus valley and Central Asia in the East. By then, their dynasty and the ruling circles around it had articulated with increasing clarity the public face of the new monotheistic religion of Islam, created major masterpieces of world art and architecture, some of which still stand today, and built a state apparatus that was crucial to ensuring the continuity of the Islamic polity. Within the vast lands under their control, the Umayyads and their allies ruled over a mosaic of peoples, languages and faiths, first among them Christianity, Judaism and the Ancient religion of Iran, Zoroastrianism. The Umayyad period is profoundly different from ours, yet it also resonates with modern concerns, from the origins of Islam to dynamics of cultural exchange. Editors Alain George and Andrew Marsham bring together a collection of essays that shed new light on this crucial period. Power, Patronage, and Memory in Early Islam elucidates the ways in which Umayyad élites fashioned and projected their self-image, and how these articulations, in turn, mirrored their own times. The authors, combining perspectives from different disciplines, present new material evidence, introduce fresh perspectives about key themes and monuments, and revisit the nature of the historical writing that shaped our knowledge of this period.

Author : Adam R. Gaiser
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611176773

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Shurat Legends, Ibadi Identities by Adam R. Gaiser Pdf

An analysis of a variety of early Islamic texts to understand processes of identity formation and community In Shurat Legends, Ibadi Identities, Adam Gaiser explores the origins and early development of Islamic notions of martyrdom and of martyrdom literature. He examines the catalogs or lists of martyrs (martyrologies) of the early shur?t (Kh?rijites) in the context of late antiquity, showing that shur?t literature, as it can be reconstructed, shares continuity with the martyrologies of earlier Christians and other religious groups, especially in Iraq, and that this powerful literature was transmitted by seventh century shur?t through their successors, the Ib??iyya. Gaiser examines the sources of poems and narratives as quasi-historical accounts and their application in literary creations designed to meet particular communal needs, in particular, the need to establish and shape identity. Gaiser shows how these accounts accumulated traits—such as all-night prayer vigils, stoic acceptance of death, and miracles—-of a wider ascetic and apocalyptic literature in the eighth century, including martyrdom narratives of Eastern Christianity. By establishing focal points of piety around which a communal identity could be fashioned, such accounts proved suitable for use in missionary activity in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Gaiser also documents the reshaping of these narratives for more quietist purposes: emphasizing moderated rather than violent action, diplomacy, and respect for other Islamic sects as also being monotheistic, rather than condemning them as sinful. Along with refashioning narratives, Gaiser details the Ib??? efforts to compile collections into genealogies, both biographical dictionaries and lineages of the true faith linking individuals and communities to local saints and martyrs. He also shows how this more nuanced history led to the formation of rules and authorities governing the shur?t. Employing rarely examined manuscript materials to shed light on such processes as identity formation and communal boundary maintenance, Gaiser traces the course by which this martyrdom literature and its potentially dangerous implications came to be institutionalized, contained, and controlled.

Author : George Archer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1463239874

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A Place Between Two Places by George Archer Pdf

What happens after death but before the final resurrection? This is the intermediate state. For most Muslims, it is called the barzakh, and it is a fantastical and frightening time in the grave. Throughout history and today this belief has been discussed and expressed in many forms: from Ṣūfī dreamscapes to theological tests of orthodoxy. But where does the barzakh come from first? In A Place Between Two Places: The Qurʾānic Barzakh, George Archer reconstructs the barzakh's early history. Analyzing sixteen of the Qurʾān's sūras in search of oral formulae, subtextual hints, and concentric parallelisms, the early barzakh is exposed as a response to the saint cults of late antiquity, and most especially, the cult of the divine Christ. From here, the Qurʾānic vision of the barzakh is traced forward through later prophetic biographies, Islamic architecture, and the ḥadīth literature in order to show how the barzakh developed into the distinctive eschatological claims of the Islamic Middle Ages.