Images of Turkey in Western Literature

Images of Turkey in Western Literature
Author: Kamil Aydın
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

This text provides a study which focuses on 20th-century images of Turkey in the West, dealing with literature that is mainly in English and drawn from fiction and travel books. The author has previously written on the contemporary American novel.

Queering Translation, Translating the Queer

Queering Translation, Translating the Queer
Author: Brian James Baer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2017-09-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1315505959

This groundbreaking work is the first full book-length publication to critically engage in the emerging field of research on the queer aspects of translation and interpreting studies. The volume presents a variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives through fifteen contributions from both established and up-and-coming scholars in the field to demonstrate the interconnectedness between translation and queer aspects of sex, gender, and identity. The book begins with the editors’ introduction to the state of the field, providing an overview of both current and developing lines of research, and builds on this foundation to look at this research more closely, grouped around three different sections: Queer Theorizing of Translation; Case Studies of Queer Translations and Translators; and Queer Activism and Translation. This interdisciplinary approach seeks to not only shed light on this promising field of research but also to promote cross fertilization between these disciplines towards further exploring the intersections between queer studies and translation studies, making this volume key reading for students and scholars interested in translation studies, queer studies, politics, and activism, and gender and sexuality studies.

The Sultan of Vezirs

The Sultan of Vezirs
Author: Theoharis Stavrides
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2021-08-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 900449233X

Mahmud Pasha Angelovic served as Grand Vezir under Sultan Mehmed II, in the years following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, which were marked by an extensive imperial project, transforming the Ottoman principality into an empire. This book attempts to piece together the available evidence on Mahmud Pasha's Byzantine descent and family network, as well as his multi-faceted contribution to the founding of the new empire, through military leadership, diplomatic practices and architectural and literary patronage, considering also his execution and the creation of a posthumous legend presenting him as a martyr. Using Ottoman, Greek and Western sources, as well as archival material, this study focuses on the period of transition from Byzantine to Ottoman Empire and would be of interest to historians and other specialists studying that period.

Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium

Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium
Author: Walter E. Kaegi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2003-03-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521814591

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The «Voyage D'Outremer»

The «Voyage D'Outremer»
Author: Bertrandon de La Brocquière
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

De la Broquière set off for the Holy Land in 1432 for the purpose of spying out the possibilities of a new crusade to be led by the Duke of Burgundy. He returned overland, through the Turkish Empire, alone. His observations of the land, the people, the rulers, the food and the customs make fascinating reading. There is also a long section on the organization and tactics of the Ottoman Army, and the ways that the Europeans can use to defeat it. De la Broquière is a highly competent spy and a very observant tourist.