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Erol Koroglu - Ottoman Propaganda and Turkish Identity: Literature in Turkey During World War I - 9781845114909 - V9781845114909
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Ottoman Propaganda and Turkish Identity: Literature in Turkey During World War I

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Description for Ottoman Propaganda and Turkish Identity: Literature in Turkey During World War I Hardback. Discusses the subjects of WWI propaganda, Turkish nationalism and national identity construction. This book concludes that the unfavourable conditions in the Ottoman-Turkish cultural sphere, the literature of the years 1914-1918, was the continuation of a project to build a national culture, inherited from the pre-war years and never completed. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 2FMC; 3JJF; DSBH; HBJD; HBWN; JPVN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 467.
The Great War was the first example of a total war in history, reflected in the cultures and literatures of Europe in the shape of propaganda. What began as civic patriotism developed into a weapon of war, programmed and organized by the state to devastating effect. In almost all countries, writers of different ideological hues were ready to undertake the job of representing the war, in accordance with the state's guidance. War propaganda in the Ottoman Empire, the most anachronistic belligerent of the war according to historians, was condemned to failure. In the underdeveloped and multi-ethnic Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman-Turkish ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Library of Ottoman Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845114909
SKU
V9781845114909
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Ref
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About Erol Koroglu
Erol Koroglu is Assistant Professor of Turkish Language and Literature at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Reviews for Ottoman Propaganda and Turkish Identity: Literature in Turkey During World War I
"'This is the first work to deal with the role of literature and propaganda in Turkey during World War I...The author charts the efforts of the Young Turk government and its German allies to build up a propaganda apparatus. He also shows how the literature of the war years (both poetry and prose) not only tried to bolster patriotism but ... Read more

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