Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society
by
Walter G. Andrews, Mehmet Kalpakli
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2005
The Age of Beloveds offers a rich introduction to early modern Ottoman culture through a study of its beautiful lyric love poetry. At the same time, it suggests provocative cross-cultural parallels in the sociology and spirituality of love in Europe—from Istanbul to London—during the long sixteenth...