Nightingales & Pleasure Gardens
Subtitle: Turkish Love Poems (Middle East Literature in Translation)
Contributors: Talat S. Halman (Editor); Jayne L. Warner (Editor)
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780815608356
Subjects: Poetry texts & anthologies; Turkish poetry; Middle Eastern; Poetry; General; Love poetry, Turkish; Translations into English
Description: "The earliest Turkish verses, dating from the sixth century A.D., were love lyrics. Since then, love has dominated the Turks' poetic modes and moods - pre-Islamic, Ottoman, classical, folk, modern. This collection covers love lyrics from all periods of Turkish poetry. It is the first anthology of its kind in English. The translations, faithful to the originals, possess a special freshness in style and sensibility."--Jacket.