{"product_id":"ottoman-poets-and-poetics-in-kristof-dhulster-9781399537612","title":"Ottoman Poets and Poetics in the Sixteenth Century: Introducing Asik Çelebi's and Latifi's Biographical Dictionaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first-ever partial English translation and commentary of what are arguably the two most important Ottoman biographical dictionaries of poets: the \u003ci\u003etezkires \u003c\/i\u003eof Aşık Çelebi and Latifi. While \u003ci\u003etezkires \u003c\/i\u003eare mostly culled for their factual data, this book focuses on the non-entry materials, especially the prefaces. These offer intimate glimpses into the authors' lives, charting their professional ambitions, frustrations and feuds, set against the backdrop of the sixteenth-century Ottoman literary world - a world in which patrimonial relations made and broke careers, poetry was appraised, attacked, monetised and stolen, and the ambitions of aspiring poets were fuelled and foiled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe two \u003ci\u003etezkires \u003c\/i\u003ereflect this milieu, and their authors were personally acquainted, exchanging thoughts over their work and, finally, falling out over an accusation of plagiarism. The translations are supplemented with a reflection on the nature and translatability of Ottoman high prose, a discussion of the \u003ci\u003etezkire \u003c\/i\u003egenre and a detailed presentation of the two authors and their dictionaries. Through a novel study of these interconnected works, this book provides a panorama of Ottoman literary history, as well as insights into the authors' personal struggles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristof D'Hulster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 139953761X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399537612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kristof D'Hulster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962116722943,"sku":"9781399537612","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c7c720d-d3cd-4601-ab11-0ea9adb311fe.jpg?v=1750649371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ottoman-poets-and-poetics-in-kristof-dhulster-9781399537612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}