Kindred Voices: A Literary History of Medieval Anatolia

Michael Pifer explores how Muslim and Christian poets of Anatolia grappled with the stunning cultural diversity of their region, home not only to Armenians and Greeks, but also to Persians, Turks, Arabs, Mongols, Jews, and others. This convergence produced fresh poetic styles and sensibilities, native to no single people, enabling the period’s literature to speak to new and wider audiences. It is the first book to study the era’s major poets against the canvas of this broader literary ecosystem.