{"product_id":"last-of-an-age","title":"Last of an Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Last of an Age\u003c\/i\u003e, Sooyong Kim explores the relationship between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esocial change and the development of an Ottoman literary canon in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecourse of the sixteenth century by examining the work and reception of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea popular poet, Zati (1471–1546). Kim argues that a newly emergent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egroup of bureaucratic literati, through the production of authoritative biographical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edictionaries, ultimately relegated Zati to a lesser literary age,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edriven by a self-fashioning that privileged broad linguistic ability, above\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall else, with poetry serving as the main vehicle for demonstrating that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study is interdisciplinary in approach, taking insights from literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudies, cultural history, and social theory. It adds to the scholarship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the rise of early modern Ottoman canons in the fields of visual arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand music and complements recent work on court patronage. Framed by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eongoing critiques of canon formation among specialists of early modern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEurope and late imperial China, the study offers a comparative perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon those issues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54261880914264,"sku":"9781409440994","price":204.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781409440994.jpg?v=1777262467","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/last-of-an-age","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}