This anthology features a wide variety of poems about social justice, love, evocations of history, humanitarian concerns, and other themes. It contains stirring examples of the revolutionary romanticism of Nazi m Hikmet; the passionate wisdom of Fazil H sn Daglarca; the wry and captivating humor of Orhan Veli Kanik; the intellectual complexity of Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet Anday; the modern mythology of Ilhan Berk; the subtle brilliance of Beh et Necatigil; the rebellious spirit of the socialist realists; the lyric flow of the neoromantics; and the diverse explorations of younger poets. These poems are infused with their own unique flavors while speaking in an unmistakably universal style.

Author: Talat S. Halman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 05/01/2006
Series: Modern Middle East Literature in Translation
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780815608400

About the Author

Talat S. Halman, professor and chairman of the Department of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, is the author and editor of more than sixty books, including Contemporary Turkish Literature and Living Poets of Turkey.

Jayne L. Warner is director of research at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in New York.