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OTTOMANIA 2
For centuries the figure of “the Turk”
spread fascination and fear –
in the theatre of war and on stage
OTTOMANIA
2
Bent Holm
THE TAMING OF THE TURK
Bent Holm
THE TAMING
OF
THE TURK
OTTOMANS ON THE
DANISH STAGE 1596–1896
translated from the Danish by
Gaye Kynoch
From the staging of “the Turk” as a
diabolical player in royal ceremonies of
early modern times, to the appearance
DON JUAN ARCHIV WIEN is an independent research
of
institute
harmless
for opera and
“Turkish”
theatre history in Central
entertainment
and
Mediterranean Europe from the beginnings to the nineteenth
figures century. in the late nineteenth century.
Artistic,
Don Juan is an
theatrical
important figure in cultural
and
and
theo
theatre
logical
history, originating in Spain in the early seventeenth century,
conceptions co-act in paradoxical ways
becoming increasingly widespread in Europe and since the
against late eighteenth century a backdrop continuously disseminated of pragmatic overseas. connections
are being systematically with catalogued and Ottomans. documented by the The book
The numerous traces of this theatrical triumphal procession
DON JUAN ARCHIV WIEN.
elucidates, for the first time, three
centuries DON JUAN ARCHIV of cultural WIEN is a member history of several as articulated
collaborates in dealings with archives, libraries, between museums, and research the Kingdom
international organisations, such as SIBMAS and IAML, and
institutions – particularly in Vienna, Salzburg, Prague,
of Denmark and the Ottoman Empire
Florence and Rome. The archive fosters academic and artistic
seen
exchanges
in
on both
a
a
general
regional and international
European
level through
context.
numerous events like conferences, workshops, dialogue
meetings, lectures, and notably the series of symposia
Ottoman Empire and European Theatre, which has been held
since 2008. In addition, the DON JUAN ARCHIV WIEN
has presented its research in the form of publications that are
published by HOLLITZER Wissenschaftsverlag.
The book series “Ottomania” researches the cultural
transfers between the Ottoman Empire and Europe with a
focus on the performing arts.
Michael Hüttler and Hans Ernst Weidinger (eds.): Ottoman
Empire and European Theatre, vol. 1: The Age of Mozart and
Selim III (1756-1808), 2013 (= Ottomania 1)
Bent Holm (* 1946) was until 2014 associate
professor at the Institute for Arts and
Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen.
Research travels led him to Italy, France
and India. He published interdisciplinary
studies on historical and dramaturgical issues.
Bent Holm
The Taming of the Turk.
Ottomans on the Danish Stage 1596–1896
Translated from the Danish by Gaye Kynoch
2014 | Ottomania 2
ISBN 978-3-99012-118-4
348 pages | 17,5 × 24,5 cm
English
Hardcover with dustjacket
€ 55,00
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also available as e-book
€ 39,99
6 Hollitzer Verlag Catalogue of Publications Ottomania by Don Juan Archiv Wien