OTTOMAN LITERATURE: THE POETS AND POETRY OF TURKEY [Hardcover]

About the Book:- Turkish, as every other language, has had its evolution. The old ponderous style has been simplified and rendered more accessible to the masses. The knowledge therefoe of literary Turkish is not as formerly the privilege of a select class. It is to Shinassi that is attributed the first attempt of simplification. He is with justice regarded as the father of the modern school. Many followed his example and among them Kemal Bey was the shining star of the Turkish literary world. His vigorous language imparted new life to Turkish. No author in his country seems as yet to have equaled him, either in imagination or in the descriptions of nature and people. His verses on “Patriotism”- possibly the first ever written in that language had aroused at the time the enthusiasm of the “indolent Ottomans.” On the other hand his historical novel Tzesmi, the romance running through it of a young Turkish warrior gifted with poetical talent and a Persian Princess and some other writings,made him the most famous Turkish author of his century. Saadullah Pacha’s style and said Bey’s Judicious observations on the language were also held in high esteem.