Seviyye Talip (CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation) - Softcover

Adivar, Halide Edib

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147733064X ISBN 13: 9781477330647

Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin, 2024

Synopsis

From the most acclaimed Turkish woman writer of the twentieth century comes a novel of violent political uprisings, opera, adultery, polygamy, modernity, liberty, and exile in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. Set in the early twentieth century, the novel follows Fahir, a philosopher, idealist, and reformist who graduates from Oxford University and returns to Istanbul after a voluntary (but possibly compulsory) exile. In the midst of political turmoil and social upheaval, Fahir finds himself embroiled in a love triangle with Macide, a traditional Muslim Turkish woman, and Seviyye, a rebellious Turkish soprano who defies social and religious norms. A bestseller in Turkey in 1910, the novel features the first-ever Turkish soprano protagonist and is interwoven with operatic references and landscapes from turn-of-the-century Istanbul and Cairo.

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About the Author

Halide Edib Adivar (1884–1964) was one of the most prolific Turkish women writers of the twentieth century. She is the author of more than a dozen novels, essays, short stories, memoirs, a play, a libretto, and various translations. She was the founder of Taali-I Nisvan Cemiyeti (the Organization for the Elevation of Women), worked as the head of the English Literature program at Istanbul University, and served in the Turkish Parliament as an MP from 1950 to 1954.

Iclal Vanwesenbeeck is an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Fredonia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 147733064X
• ISBN 13: 9781477330647
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176