A Brave New Quest: 100 Modern Turkish Poems

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