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Item Details
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THE STORY OF JOSEPH
A FOURTEENTH-CENTURY TURKISH MORALITY PLAY |
| By: |
Bill Hickman (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£21.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0815633572 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780815633570 |
| Publisher: |
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
8 May, 2014 |
| Pages: |
166 |
| Description: |
Sheyyad Hamzas 14th century Anatolian Turkish poem, a retelling of the ancient Joseph Story has inspiration both in popular preaching and oral story telling. A lively and often moving story, it reflects aspects of the popular culture of its time. |
| Synopsis: |
At the heart of this volume is the translation of a fourteenth-century Turkish version of the Joseph story, better known to Western readers from the version in Genesis, first book of the Hebrew Bible. Hickman provides us with a new lens: we see the drama of the Old Testament prophet Joseph, son of Jacob, through Muslim eyes. The poem s author, Sheyyad Hamza, lived in Anatolia during the early days of the Ottoman Empire. Hamza s composition is rooted in the recondite and little-studied tradition of oral performance a unique corner of Turkish verbal arts, situated between minstrelsy and the "divan" tradition combining the roles of preacher and storyteller. A cultural document as well as a literary text that reflects the prevailing values of the time, Hamza s play reveals a picture of Ottoman sensibility, both aesthetic and religious, at the level of popular culture in premodern Turkey. To supplement and contextualize the story, Hickman includes an introduction, a historical-literary afterword, and notes to the translation, all ably assisting an unfamiliar reader s entry into this world." |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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