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OTTOMANIA
Ottomania
Ottoman Empire & European Theatre
Dramatic and literary Don Juan figures such as Tenorio,
Tabarca and their like are linked to the ‘Turkish sujet’
through the 1571 victory of the united Spanish- Genovese-
Papal-Venetian fleet over the Ottoman fleet at Lepanto,
under the “Generalissimo di mare” Don Juan de Austria,
the historic ‘role model’ for Don Juan on stage. Acts of
war by Tirso, character demeanours by Molière, erotic
adventures by da Ponte as listed by Leporello – and decoded
and encoded anew by Lord Byron – are all part of
this link. The series Ottomania, along with a sub-series
Ottoman Empire & European Theatre, are dedicated to
the relations between Europe and the Ottoman Empire,
primarily in the field of mutual cultural exchange.
The book series Ottomania by Don Juan Archiv Wien
researches the cultural transfers between the Ottoman
Empire and Europe with a focus on the performing arts.
The symposia proceedings Ottoman Empire and European
Theatre – based on symposia held in Vienna and
Istanbul between 2008 and 2015 – emphasize the various
theatrical and musical expressions of the exponents
of the Ottoman Empire, presented on the theatrical stages
of Europe, as well as the appearance of European
theatre and opera in the Ottoman Empire, especially in
its capital and political as well as cultural centre, Istanbul.
Few publications on the topic of the cultural connections
between the Ottoman Empire and Europe focus
on theatre and opera; fewer still have engaged the topic
of the interaction and reciprocal influences of the
Ottoman Empire and European theatre before 1800.
That gap in research is addressed by this new series.
Ottomania
founded in 2013
Series Editors
2013–2018
Michael Hüttler
Hans Ernst Weidinger
2019–2023
Michael Hüttler
Suna Suner
Hans Ernst Weidinger
ISSN 2617-2542