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Homer, Troy and the Turks : heritage and identity in the Late Ottoman Empire 1870-1915 / Günay Uslu.

By: Uslu, Günay [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Heritage and memory studies ; 4.Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press ; [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789462982697; 9462982694Subject(s): Homer -- Influence | Homer | Homerus ca. v8. Jh | Geschichte 1870-1915 | 1288-1918 | Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Rezeption | Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 | Turkey | Osmanisches ReichGenre/Form: History. | Hochschulschrift.DDC classification: 480 LOC classification: DR568 | .U85 2017Other classification: ALT | FH 20085 Online resources: Inhaltsverzeichnis | Inhaltsverzeichnis | cover image
Contents:
I. The discovery of Troy: Scliemann and the Ottomans in the 1870S, p.35 -- II. Classical antiquities and Ottoman Patrimony: The Muslim Elite and their Involvement with Classical Civilization, p.83 -- III. A Closer Watch on Schliemann (1882- 1885), p.113 -- IV. Homer and Troy in Ottoman Literature, p.137 -- V. Homer and Troy during the Final Years of the Empire, p.167 -- Epilogue of an Empire, p.191 -- Manuseript Sources, p.201 -- Bibliography, p.205 -- Index, p.217.
Summary: Homer's stories of Troy are part of the foundations of Western culture. What's less well known is that they also inspired Ottoman-Turkish cultural traditions. Yet even with all the historical and archaeological research into Homer and Troy, most scholars today rely heavily on Western sources, giving Ottoman work in the field short shrift. This book helps right that balance, exploring Ottoman-Turkish involvement and interest in the subject between 1870, when Heinrich Schliemann began his excavations in search of Troy on Ottoman soil, and the battle of Gallipoli in 1915, which gave the Turks their own version of the heroic epic of Troy.
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Originally presented as the author's thesis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface and acknowledgements, p.13 -- Introduction, p.17 -- I. The discovery of Troy: Scliemann and the Ottomans in the 1870S, p.35 -- II. Classical antiquities and Ottoman Patrimony: The Muslim Elite and their Involvement with Classical Civilization, p.83 -- III. A Closer Watch on Schliemann (1882- 1885), p.113 -- IV. Homer and Troy in Ottoman Literature, p.137 -- V. Homer and Troy during the Final Years of the Empire, p.167 -- Epilogue of an Empire, p.191 -- Manuseript Sources, p.201 -- Bibliography, p.205 -- Index, p.217.

Homer's stories of Troy are part of the foundations of Western culture. What's less well known is that they also inspired Ottoman-Turkish cultural traditions. Yet even with all the historical and archaeological research into Homer and Troy, most scholars today rely heavily on Western sources, giving Ottoman work in the field short shrift. This book helps right that balance, exploring Ottoman-Turkish involvement and interest in the subject between 1870, when Heinrich Schliemann began his excavations in search of Troy on Ottoman soil, and the battle of Gallipoli in 1915, which gave the Turks their own version of the heroic epic of Troy.