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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... Literature, Critical Survey, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research, and Studies in English Literature. Her book Of Love and War: The Political Voice in the Early Plays of Aphra Behn will be out from Rodopi press shortly ...
... Literature, Critical Survey, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research, and Studies in English Literature. Her book Of Love and War: The Political Voice in the Early Plays of Aphra Behn will be out from Rodopi press shortly ...
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... literature and history of the middle ages and the Renaissance. Her publications include Los Viajes de Sir John Mandeville (madrid, 2001) and Mandeville's Travels (madrid, 2005), as well as various articles on the history of the English ...
... literature and history of the middle ages and the Renaissance. Her publications include Los Viajes de Sir John Mandeville (madrid, 2001) and Mandeville's Travels (madrid, 2005), as well as various articles on the history of the English ...
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... ], 1840–1855), 1: 74–5, 77; 3: 115. By some other accounts, she was of a montenegrin origin. the mothers' influence over the sultans and dynastic affairs.6 Hurrem Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture 2.
... ], 1840–1855), 1: 74–5, 77; 3: 115. By some other accounts, she was of a montenegrin origin. the mothers' influence over the sultans and dynastic affairs.6 Hurrem Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture 2.
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... cap. 15 [44]. translation mine. 32 The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, 49. 33 peirce, The Imperial Harem, 89–90. throat cut, and the walls of his bedroom splattered with Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture 8.
... cap. 15 [44]. translation mine. 32 The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, 49. 33 peirce, The Imperial Harem, 89–90. throat cut, and the walls of his bedroom splattered with Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture 8.
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... as Faction: dynastic politics in the Reign of Süleyman,” Veinstein, Soliman le Magnifique et son temps, 110. during these years, Hurrem's royal status and public image were Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture 10.
... as Faction: dynastic politics in the Reign of Süleyman,” Veinstein, Soliman le Magnifique et son temps, 110. during these years, Hurrem's royal status and public image were Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture 10.
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Part 2 Translations | 165 |
Appendix 1 Plot Summaries | 255 |
Appendix 2 Names | 271 |
Appendix 3 Chronology | 275 |
Bibliography | 277 |
Index | 301 |
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