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<P>Recently Published</P>
<P>RAPTURE AND REVOLUTION</P>
<P>Essays on Turkish Literature</P>
<P>by Talat S. Halman</P>
<P>Edited by Jayne L. Warner</P>
<P>Published by Syracuse University Press</P>
<P>Cloth $59.95</P>
<P>ISBN 10: 0-8156-3146-4 ISBN 13: 978-0-8156-3146-4</P>
<P>xiv + 403 pages</P>
<P>A stimulating collection of important essays and articles exploring the
development of the Turkish literary tradition.</P>
<P>The articles contained in this volume collectively provide a critical
overview of Turkish literature from its earliest phases in the sixth century
through the Republican period with pieces detailing the literature from the
Ottoman Empire to essays dealing with Turkish literature and Europeanization. In
so doing, the author illustrates the evolution of Turkish culture as reflected
in the literary experience.</P>
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<P>Exploring specific genres and themes, several articles probe the development
of drama from Karagöz and Orta oyunu to contemporary Western theater, the
propaganda functions of poetry, and the important role of folk literature. In
addition, the volume focuses on some of the leading figures of Turkish
literature, from Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, Yunus Emre, and Süleyman the
Magnificent to Sait Faik and modern poets such as Nazžm Hžkmet, Orhan Veli
Kanžk, and Melih Cevdet Anday. Whether read together or individually, these
articles give Western readers a broad and long overdue entry into the rich
landscape of traditional and contemporary Turkish literature and culture. For
scholars, it is an invaluable resource for courses on Turkish literature and
culture.</P>
<P>TALAT S. HALMAN is professor and chairman of the Department</P>
<P>of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara. Formerly he was on the
faculties of Columbia University, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and
New York University. Halman is author of more than seventy books, including
"Contemporary Turkish Literature," "Modern Turkish Drama," and "Süleyman the
Magnificent Poet." He is editor of the "Journal of Turkish Literature." JAYNE L.
WARNER is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in
Greenwich, Connecticut.</P>
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<P>CONTENTS</P>
<P>An Editor's Overview by Jayne L. Warner</P>
<P>A Pioneer's Notes by Talat S. Halman</P>
<P>Note on Turkish Spelling and Names € Organizational Note</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Part I: MYTHS AND MONOLITHS</P>
<P>The Ancient and Ottoman Legacy</P>
<P>Islamic Themes in Turkish Poetry: Imitations and Mutations Rapture and
Revolution: Poetry of the Islamic Near East Near Eastern Literatures: A
Generation of Renewal Death and Rebirth of Myths in Near Eastern Literatures
Turkish Literature in the 1960s Turkish Literature: Modes of Modernity</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Part II: CRITICS, DRAMATICS, POETICS</P>
<P>The Evolution of Turkish Drama</P>
<P>Comic Spirit in the Turkish Theater</P>
<P>Poetry and Society: Propaganda Functions of Poetry in the</P>
<P>Turkish Experience</P>
<P>Big Town Blues: Peasants "Abroad" in Turkish Literature</P>
<P>The Heart of the Turkish Tale: Fun and Fantasy for All Ages Turkish
Poetry</P>
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<P>Part III: MYSTICS AND MODERN MASTERS</P>
<P>Passions of the Mystic Mind: Rumi¹s Poetry and Philosophy</P>
<P>The Turk in Rumi / Rumi in Turkey</P>
<P>Yunus Emre's Humanism</P>
<P>Yunus Emre: A Triumph of Humanism</P>
<P>Süleyman the Magnificent: Poet</P>
<P>Nazžm Hikmet: Lyricist as Iconoclast</P>
<P>"I am Listening to Istanbul": Orhan Veli Kanžk</P>
<P>"On the Nomad Sea": Melih Cevdet Anday</P>
<P>Voices of Memory: Oktay Rifat</P>
<P>Sait Faik: The Fiction of a Flâneur</P>
<P>Index</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>