Format:
1 online resource (221 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789048532735
Series Statement:
Heritage and Memory Studies v.4
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. The Discovery of Troy -- Schliemann and the Ottomans in the 1870s -- 1. The Question of 'ubi Troia fuit' -- 2. Heinrich Schliemann in the Troad -- 3. Schliemann's Confrontation with Ottoman Authorities -- 4. Ottomans Claiming Trojan Artefacts -- 5. Troy: A Protected Zone -- 6. Excavating in the Shadow of War -- II. Classical Antiquities and Ottoman Patrimony -- The Muslim Elite and Their Involvement with Classical Civilization -- 1. Antiquities and Museum: Interests and Conflicts -- 2. Zeal for Civilization: Enlightened Ideas and Ideals in the Empire -- 3. The Cosmopolitan Muslim Elite of a Multifarious Empire -- 4. Osman Hamdi Bey: A New Era in Ottoman Archaeology and Museology -- III. A Closer Watch on Schliemann (1882-1885) -- 1. Profitable Political Conditions -- 2. The Excavations -- 3. The Ottoman Elite's Displeasure with the Ineffective Antiquities Law of 1874 -- 4. New Antiquities Legislation (1884): Ottoman Claim to Ancient Heritage -- IV. Homer and Troy in Ottoman Literature -- An Overview -- 1. Early Ottoman-Turkish Interest in the Homeric Epics -- 2. New Ottoman Literature: Educating the Public and Changing Perceptions -- 3. Mythology and Homer: Ottoman Reticence -- 4. Homer and Troy in Ottoman Essays, Books, Plays and the First Translations (1884-1908) -- 5. Admiration for the 'Lord of Poets' -- 6. Izmir (Smyrna): Homer's Hometown -- V. Homer and Troy during the Final Years of the Empire -- 1. Controlling Heritage and the Development of the Ottoman Museum -- 2. Schliemann's Reputation under Fire -- 3. The Final Encounter of Schliemann and the Ottomans in Troy -- 4. Finding Troy Once More: Dörpfeld's Excavations in 1893 and 1894 -- 5. Overseeing Troy at the Turn of the Century -- Epilogue of an Empire -- Manuscript Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789462982697
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789462982697
Language:
English
