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9780815608356
Nightingales & Pleasure Gardens Turkish Love Poems
by Halman, Talat S., Warner, Jayne L.
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- ISBN-13: 9780815608356
- ISBN: 0815608357
- Publication Date: 2005
- Publisher: Syracuse University Press
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The earliest Turkish verses, dating from the sixth century A.D., were love lyrics. Since then, love has dominated the Turks' poetic modes and moods--"pre-Islamic, Ottoman classical, folk, modern. In style, form and sensibility, this collection offers a broad spectrum: virtually all types and varieties are represented here. The English versions are loyal to the originals and strive to be authentic poems in English. Here are lyrics from pre-Islamic Central Asia, passages from epics, mystical ecstasies of such eminent thirteenth-century figures as Rumi and Yunus Emre, classical poems of the Ottoman Empire (including SCHalman, Talat S. is the author of 'Nightingales & Pleasure Gardens Turkish Love Poems', published 2005 under ISBN 9780815608356 and ISBN 0815608357.
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