Mesair us-suara (or Tezkere Asik Celebi) (Gibb Memorial Trust Turkish Studies) - Hardcover

Meredith-Owens, G. M.; Celebi, Asik

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718902009 ISBN 13: 9780718902001

Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust, 2012

Synopsis

This sixteenth century biographical dictionary of Ottoman poets with comments on their style and examples of their work was one of Gibb's principle sources for Ottoman poetry in its most flourishing period. Turkish text.

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Synopsis:

Completed in AH 976/AD 15689, the Mesa'ir us-Su'ara' is 'Asik Celebi's major work. It is a biographical dictionary of Ottoman poets arranged by alphabetical order of names. The author, who died in 1572, was himself a poet, and like most literary men of the period, belonged to the religious class. His book begins with a general introduction followed by individual notices on several hundred Ottoman poets. Without attempting to be an anthology, it gives specimens of their work and passes critical judgements but it is particularly strong on biographical detail, above all on the author's contemporaries. It has long been acknowledged as 'a masterpiece of Ottoman ornate prose'. This edition provides a fascimile of the British Library MS Or. 6434, the most complete and one of the oldest manuscripts. Additions and variants from other MSS are supplied by the editor. The text is in Turkish.

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edited with an introduction by G M Meredith-Owens

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibb Memorial Trust
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0718902009
• ISBN 13: 9780718902001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 680