I, Anatolia and Other Plays by Talat Halman
Since the middle of the twentieth century, Turkish playwriting has been notable for its verve and versatility. This two-volume anthology is the first major collection of modern Turkish plays in English, with subjects ranging from ancient Anatolian mythology and Ottoman history to contemporary social issues, family dramas, and ribald comedy from Turkey's cities and rural areas. It also includes several plays set outside Turkey. The second volume, I, Anatolia and Other Plays, presents eight major plays from the 1970s through the end of the millennium, including Bald Mehmet of Atca; Old Photographs; The White Gods; I, Anatolia; and, Afife Jale. Together, the two volumes grant English-language readers the pleasure of riveting drama in translations that are colloquial as well as faithful. For producers, directors, and actors, they provide a wealth of fresh new material, with characters ranging from Ottoman sultans to a Soviet cosmonaut, from the Byzantine empress Theodora to a fisherman's wife, from residents of an Istanbul neighborhood to King Midas, from Montezuma to a Turkish cabinet minister.
Perceptive, judicious, and written with an engaging flair, master historian John Robert Greene’s America in the Sixties vividly brings to life arguably the most important and complex decade of the twentieth century" —Melvin Small, author of The Presidency of Richard Nixon
"John Robert Greene and the 1960s are a perfect match. The incisive analysis of the politics, culture, and historical impact of that fascinating decade will delight Greene’s many readers. The irreverent chapter on John F. Kennedy is certain to spark fruitful controversy. Today’s students will find America in the Sixties an excellent and accessible introduction to ten years that still resonate in contemporary society." — Lewis L. Gould, author of 1968: The Election That Changed America
"John Robert Greene is the best kind of historian―a gifted storyteller who peels back the layers of well-known events to reveal the web of social movements, politics and people that changed the world forever and still shapes us today." — Mary Beth Tinker, activist and educator; plaintiff in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969))
"John Robert Greene and the 1960s are a perfect match. The incisive analysis of the politics, culture, and historical impact of that fascinating decade will delight Greene’s many readers. The irreverent chapter on John F. Kennedy is certain to spark fruitful controversy. Today’s students will find America in the Sixties an excellent and accessible introduction to ten years that still resonate in contemporary society." — Lewis L. Gould, author of 1968: The Election That Changed America
"John Robert Greene is the best kind of historian―a gifted storyteller who peels back the layers of well-known events to reveal the web of social movements, politics and people that changed the world forever and still shapes us today." — Mary Beth Tinker, activist and educator; plaintiff in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969))
Talat S. Halman is professor and chairman of the Department of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara. He has written or edited more than seventy-five books, including Ibrahim the Mad and Other Plays: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama, Volume One, and Nightingales and Pleasure Gardens: Turkish Love Poems, also published by Syracuse University Press.
Jayne L. Warner is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Jayne L. Warner is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780815609353 |
| ISBN 10 | 0815609353 |
| Title | I, Anatolia and Other Plays |
| Author | Talat Halman |
| Series | Middle East Literature In Translation |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
| Year published | 2008-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 371 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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