More Tales Alive in Turkey

More Tales Alive in Turkey
Author: Warren S. Walker
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1992
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780896722866

More Tales Alive in Turkey is a sequel to Tales Alive in Turkey, the two volumes providing a survey of the wide range of Turkish oral narrative. Materials for both are drawn entirely from the Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative at Texas Tech University. Whereas the tales in the earlier volume were collected between 1961 and 1964, most of those in More Tales Alive in Turkey were taped in Turkey in the 1970s and 1980s.

Tales Alive in Turkey

Tales Alive in Turkey
Author: Warren S. Walker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1990
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Sixty-seven folktales and anecdotes recorded and translated for those seeking an introduction to the Turkish tradition of oral literature.

Popular Turkish Love Lyrics and Folk Legends

Popular Turkish Love Lyrics and Folk Legends
Author: Talat S. Halman
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2009-10-26
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0815650981

Popular Turkish Love Lyrics and Folk Legends is the first illustrated anthology of Turkish folk poetry and legends published in the United States. Talat Halman’s eloquent, fluid telling of these engaging stories and his translations of the love lyrics, accompanied by Zeki Findikoglu’s vibrant serigraphs, serve as a marvelous introduction to the rich world of Turkish folktales and lyrics. This volume brings together three of the most beloved of Anatolian tales and legends with the life stories and selected poems of four great folk poets—Yunus Emre, Pir Sultan Abdal, Köroglu, and Karacaoglan. The seven sections of the book come alive with images of striking beauty and dramatic power by Findikoglu, a son of Anatolia. Each section features four “visual experiences”—extraordinary in their delineation of nature and human figures, teeming with moods stirring or sinister. They capture not only the splendor of nature in Anatolia but also the quintessential spirit of the legends and the lyrics. Cultural and literary historians as well as poetry lovers will enjoy this stunning union of art and literature.

A Turkish Folktale

A Turkish Folktale
Author: Warren S. Walker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 131777728X

First published in 1996. A ten-hour tale, long enough to fill a night in the telling, artful enough to keep all its listeners eagerly awake: such marathon narratives constitute a recurrent theme found in folktales worldwide. This entire book records, annotates and interprets one such rare performance, by Behcet Mahir. a man who joins great storytellers whose art has survived their deaths and transcended their native communities to become the shared heritage of a worldwide audience of lovers of oral tales.

Books on Turkey

Books on Turkey
Author:
Publisher: Pandora Yay ve Bilgisayar Ltd
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2005
Genre: Catalogs, Books
ISBN: 9789757638209

Historical Dictionary of Turkey

Historical Dictionary of Turkey
Author: Metin Heper
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 872
Release: 2018-05-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1538102250

The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Turkey covers Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey through a time span of more than six centuries. It presents the basic characteristics of the two periods and traces the developments from an empire to a state-nation, from tradition to modernity, from a sultanate to a republic, and from modest country to a country that is already a regional power and further aspiring becoming a country to be reckoned with. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Turkey.

Tales from the Expat Harem

Tales from the Expat Harem
Author: Anastasia M. Ashman
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2006-02-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781580051552

An anthology of personal writings in which twenty-nine women who have lived in Turkey over the last forty years chronicle their experiences and share their impressions of the country.

Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World

Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World
Author: Kathleen Ragan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2000-05-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0393285871

One hundred great folk tales and fairy tales from all over the world about strong, smart, brave heroines. Dismayed by the predominance of male protagonists in her daughters' books, Kathleen Ragan set out to collect the stories of our forgotten heroines. Gathered from around the world, from regions as diverse as sub-Saharan Africa and Western Europe, from North and South American Indian cultures and New World settlers, from Asia and the Middle East, these 100 folktales celebrate strong female heroines. Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters is for all women who are searching to define who they are, to redefine the world and shape their collective sensibility. It is for men who want to know more about what it means to be a woman. It is for our daughters and our sons, so that they can learn to value all kinds of courage, courage in battle and the courage of love. It is for all of us to help build a more just vision of woman.

Riddling Tales from Around the World

Riddling Tales from Around the World
Author: Marjorie Dundas
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781578063727

Seventy- nine tales that show how riddles pervade storytelling worldwide

King Solomon and the Golden Fish

King Solomon and the Golden Fish
Author: Matilda Koén-Sarano
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2004
Genre: Folk literature, Ladino
ISBN: 9780814331668

A collection of fifty-four Judeo-Spanish folktales taken from the rich heritage of Sephardic oral storytelling and translated into English for the first time.