Spenser in Turkey: For a Syllabus of Errors
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Abstract
This article examines the state of Spenser studies in Turkey. The task is challenging, because his works have never been translated into Turkish. He is, in short, largely absent. We first contextualize this absence by attending to the Turkish reception of allegory, a genre tainted by post-Romantic biases and associations with the Ottoman past, which modern Turkey has long defined itself against. As a result, allegory in Turkey has paradoxically been read too allegorically, as exemplifying a dead and oppressively theological era. We then identify impediments to a Spenserian readership downstream from this, including the nature of Turkish pedagogy and the reluctance of Turkish scholars and students to identify positively with the Ottoman past. By identifying such blockages, we hope to foster a richer engagement with Spenser in Turkey, as well as new comparative work on Ottoman and Spenserian allegory, particularly in light of the latter’s involvement in anti-Ottoman racialization.
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