Mâşî-zâde Fikrî Çelebi and His Ebkâr-ı Efkâr: An Extraordinary Love Story from the Sixteenth Century

Mâşî-zâde Fikrî Çelebi and His Ebkâr-ı Efkâr: An Extraordinary Love Story from the Sixteenth Century

This work is a comprehensive study introducing Mâşî-zâde Fikrî Çelebi, one of the poets of Ottoman literature, and his most important work, Ebkâr-ı Efkâr. By bringing renewed attention to a largely forgotten figure of classical literature, Ali Emre Özyıldırım presents both the life and the literary personality of Fikrî Çelebi in considerable detail.

Ebkâr-ı Efkâr is a divan that reflects the literary tastes and poetic understanding of its age. The book examines the work’s poetic forms, themes, imagery, language, and style, while also evaluating it within the aesthetic framework of classical Turkish poetry. In this respect, the study combines both biographical research and textual analysis.

Mâşî-zâde Fikrî Çelebi and His Ebkâr-ı Efkâr constitutes an important contribution to the study of Divan literature. It not only demonstrates the richness and diversity of the Ottoman poetic tradition but also brings to light a poet who has remained in the shadows of literary history.

Author: Ali Emre Özyıldırım

Publisher: Dergah Publications

ISBN: 9789759958053

Binding: Paperback

Language: Turkish

Dimensions: 16.5 × 23.5 cm

Page Count: 493 pages