Sufism, Secularism and Communism in Modern Turkish Poetry: The Persistence of the Mystical in the Work of Nâzım Hikmet and Orhan Veli.
The essay examines the persistence of Sufi motifs in the work of two of the most significant figures in modern Turkish poetry – Orhan Veli and the Communist poet Nâzım Hikmet. Both figures were non-believers whose work, nevertheless, reveals the presence of a certain series of spiritual echoes – not...
| Published in: | Journal of Turkish Literature no. 11; pp. 33 - 61 |
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| Format: | Essay |
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Bilkent University, Center for Turkish Literature
2014
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