Roxolana in European Literature, History and CultureGalina I. Yermolenko This collection is the first book-length scholarly study of the pervasiveness and significance of Roxolana in the European imagination. Roxolana, or "Hurrem Sultan," was a sixteenth-century Ukrainian woman who made an unprecedented career from harem slave and concubine to legal wife and advisor of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566). Her influence on Ottoman affairs generated legends in many a European country. The essays gathered here represent an interdisciplinary survey of her legacy; the contributors view Roxolana as a transnational figure that reflected the shifting European attitudes towards "the Other," and they investigate her image in a wide variety of sources, ranging from early modern historical chronicles, dramas and travel writings, to twentieth-century historical novels and plays. Also included are six European source texts featuring Roxolana, here translated into modern English for the first time. Importantly, this collection examines Roxolana from both Western and Eastern European perspectives; source material is taken from England, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Poland, and Ukraine. The volume is an important contribution to the study of early modern transnationalism, cross-cultural exchange, and notions of identity, the Self, and the Other. |
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... palace and in the service of the state']13—was the sultan's property, even though it differed radically from other types of Ottoman slaves, such as domestic or galley slaves, in that its members were raised in the imperial palace, well ...
... palace and in the service of the state']13—was the sultan's property, even though it differed radically from other types of Ottoman slaves, such as domestic or galley slaves, in that its members were raised in the imperial palace, well ...
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... Palace (Eskiserai) to the New Palace (Topkapi).27 Such close proximity to the sovereign enabled her to exert enormous influence both on him and the Ottoman affairs. She influenced Suleiman's choice of viziers and grand viziers, and she ...
... Palace (Eskiserai) to the New Palace (Topkapi).27 Such close proximity to the sovereign enabled her to exert enormous influence both on him and the Ottoman affairs. She influenced Suleiman's choice of viziers and grand viziers, and she ...
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... palace after he had dined with the Sultan and retired into a guest bedroom for the night. He was found dead the following morning—his throat cut, and the walls of his bedroom splattered with blood. Ibrahim's execution came as a surprise ...
... palace after he had dined with the Sultan and retired into a guest bedroom for the night. He was found dead the following morning—his throat cut, and the walls of his bedroom splattered with blood. Ibrahim's execution came as a surprise ...
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... palace on the Hippodrome, surrounded by beautiful gardens. He also endowed the construction of numerous charitable and state structures, including mosques, imarets (public soup kitchens), bridges, and aqueducts.37 His sudden execution ...
... palace on the Hippodrome, surrounded by beautiful gardens. He also endowed the construction of numerous charitable and state structures, including mosques, imarets (public soup kitchens), bridges, and aqueducts.37 His sudden execution ...
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... Palace in 1541, 1543, or even in the late 1540s. See Rogers and Ward, Süleyman the Magnificent, 16; Goodwin, The Private World of Ottoman Women, 125; and J. Michael Rogers, “The Arts under Süleyman the Magnificent,” Süleymân the Second ...
... Palace in 1541, 1543, or even in the late 1540s. See Rogers and Ward, Süleyman the Magnificent, 16; Goodwin, The Private World of Ottoman Women, 125; and J. Michael Rogers, “The Arts under Süleyman the Magnificent,” Süleymân the Second ...
Contents
Seraglio Queens Politics | |
The Tragedy of Roxolana in theCourt of Charles II | |
Roxolana in German Baroque and Enlightenment Dramas | |
How a Turkish Empress Became a Champion of Ukraine | |
Roxolanas Memoirs as a Garden of Intertextual Delight | |
ReWriting the Ever | |
Gonzalo de Illescas The Second Part of the Pontifical | |
Prospero della Rovere Bonarelli Soliman 1620 | |
Jean Desmares Roxelana 1643 | |
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Giangir or the Rejected | |
Plot Summaries | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture |
| Editor | Galina I. Yermolenko |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1317061179, 9781317061175 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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