SHAKESPEARE IN TURKISH

Vahit TURHAN

Article Details

SHAKESPEARE IN TURKISH

Authors:

Vahit TURHAN

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Literature

Journal:

Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 1965 Vol.0 Issue 8, pp.49-61

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000517118

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

2602-2117

Abstract:

 


The ~hole civilised world is paying this year a special homage t? the immortal genius of Shakespeare on the quatercentenary of his birth. He is certainly the most widely read poet and the most fre- ;uent.ly staged dramatist not only in England and in all English peaking countries, but in most others too. I . No literary work can exemplify better than his the universality ~f art and thought. It is no exaggeration (and I hope no g[eat sin) to say that his appeal to the minds and hearts of men.of a l races and of all creeds during the last four centuries has been second only to that of holy books, the Bible and the ~oran. E In his life time ~he popularity of his plays w.as conf~ned to ngland. Even there It went through a forced waning durmg· the :ustere years of Cromwell's rule. But after the Restoration it starbed to g:ow again by leaps and bounds, soon to burst ou~ the oundanes of his native land, making him the common heritage of the civilised world.

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The ~hole civilised world is paying this year a special homage t? the immortal genius of Shakespeare on the quatercentenary of his birth. He is certainly the most widely read poet and the most fre- ;uent.ly staged dramatist not only in England and in all English peaking countries, but in most others too. I . No literary work can exemplify better than his the universality ~f art and thought. It is no exaggeration (and I hope no g[eat sin) to say that his appeal to the minds and hearts of men.of a l races and of all creeds during the last four centuries has been second only to that of holy books, the Bible and the ~oran. E In his life time ~he popularity of his plays w.as conf~ned to ngland. Even there It went through a forced waning durmg· the :ustere years of Cromwell's rule. But after the Restoration it starbed to g:ow again by leaps and bounds, soon to burst ou~ the oundanes of his native land, making him the common heritage of the civilised world.

Article Details

SHAKESPEARE IN TURKISH

Authors: Vahit TURHAN

Publisher: Istanbul University

Main Topics: Literature

Journal: Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 1965 Vol.0 Issue 8, pp.49-61

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 8/2014

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000517118

Frequency: Monthly

eISSN: 2602-2117

Issues

Authors:

Vahit TURHAN

Publisher:

Istanbul University

Main Topics:

Literature

Journal:

Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 1965 Vol.0 Issue 8, pp.49-61

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000517118

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

2602-2117