Nightingales & Pleasure Gardens

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Nightingales & Pleasure Gardens by Halman, Talat S., 9780815608356
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  • ISBN: 9780815608356 | 0815608357
  • Cover: Paperback
  • Copyright: 6/30/2005

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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. In style, form and sensibility, this collection offers a broad spectrum: virtually all types and varieties are represented here. The English versions are loyal to the originals and strive to be authentic poems in English. Here are lyrics from pre-Islamic Central Asia, passages from epics, mystical ecstasies of such eminent thirteenth-century figures as Rumi and Yunus Emre, classical poems of the Ottoman Empire (including SC
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