Humorist Poet Hamamî-zâde Ihsan and Humorous Poems in his Divan Cover Image

Nüktedan Şair Hamâmî-zâde Ihsân Ve Divani’ndaki Mizahi Manzumeleri
Humorist Poet Hamamî-zâde Ihsan and Humorous Poems in his Divan

Author(s): Mehmet Sait Çalka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Turkish Literature, 19th Century
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Hamamî-zâde İhsan; Collected Poems; Humour; Wit; Wittiness;

Summary/Abstract: Hamamî-zâde İhsan (1885-1948) who lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was one of the last poets of our literature that poetized via the style of classical Ottoman poetry, on top of having collected poems. Criticism committed to paper about his literary work both during his era and post mortem stated that he was among important humorists of the era mentioned.He was specially praised for being intelligent, elegant and having humor-prone personality. In this article, his poems specially collected under the title of ‘Humorous Poems’are going to be analyzed to demonstrate the poet’s sense of humor.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 189-204
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Turkish