American Writers in Istanbul

American Writers in Istanbul
Author :
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Total Pages : 293
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780815655954
ISBN-13 : 0815655959
Rating : 4/5 (959 Downloads)

Book Synopsis American Writers in Istanbul by : Kim Fortuny

Download or read book American Writers in Istanbul written by Kim Fortuny and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Westerner writing about Istanbul “comes up against the Orient as a European or American first, as an individual second,” writes Edward Said. The American writers gathered in this collection are approached from the willed double perspective advocated by Said: as historically and culturally positioned observers and as individuals. Looking at texts by writers who do not necessarily define themselves as Orientalists, Kim Fortuny broadens the possible ways of thinking about this complex, idiosyncratic city of the world. In addition, the author’s close critical readings of the works of eight American writers who came to Istanbul and wrote about it offer a transnational approach to American writing that urges a loosening of a collective, national grip on literature as a product of place. This volume will be an invaluable addition to the history of literature.


American Writers in Istanbul Related Books

American Writers in Istanbul
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: Kim Fortuny
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-09-01 - Publisher: Syracuse University Press

GET EBOOK

A Westerner writing about Istanbul “comes up against the Orient as a European or American first, as an individual second,” writes Edward Said. The American
Istanbul Passage
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: Joseph Kanon
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-29 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

GET EBOOK

In the bestselling tradition of espionage novels by John LeCarre and Alan Furst, Istanbul Passage brilliantly illustrates why Edgar Award–winning author Josep
The Four Humors
Language: en
Pages: 369
Authors: Mina Seckin
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-11-08 - Publisher: Catapult

GET EBOOK

This wry and visceral debut novel follows a young Turkish-American woman who, rather than grieving her father's untimely death, seeks treatment for a stubborn h
American Writers in Istanbul
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Kim Fortuny
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-19 - Publisher: Syracuse University Press

GET EBOOK

A Westerner writing about Istanbul “comes up against the Orient as a European or American first, as an individual second,” writes Edward Said. The American
Notes on a Foreign Country
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Suzy Hansen
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-15 - Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

GET EBOOK

Winner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan Award • Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction A New York Times Book Review Notable Book