AustLit logo

AustLit

The 1812 Overture at Topkapi Saray single work   poetry   "The Rosary in Turkish, and prayers for the Sultan."
Alternative title: The 1812 Overture at Topkapi Sarai
  • Author:agent Les Murray http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/murray-les
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 The 1812 Overture at Topkapi Saray
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

From the royal palace at Topkapi Saray the mother of the Sultan concludes her prayers and reads a letter from her son about his treaty with the Czar to combine forces against Napoleon.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Adelaide Review no. 48 Festival 1988 Z1144133 1988 periodical issue 1988 pg. 24
    Note: With title: 'The 1812 Overture at Topkapi Sarai'
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Dog Fox Field : Poems Les Murray , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1990 Z54849 1990 selected work poetry North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1990 pg. 31-33
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Collected Poems Les Murray , Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1994 Z422024 1994 selected work poetry Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1994 pg. 318-320
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon New Selected Poems Les Murray , Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 1998 Z918005 1998 selected work poetry Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 1998 pg. 114-115
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon New Selected Poems Les Murray , Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 1998 Z918005 1998 selected work poetry New York (City) : Farrar Straus and Giroux , 2000 pg. 122-124
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Learning Human : New Selected Poems Les Murray , Manchester : Carcanet , 2001 Z1153302 2001 selected work poetry Manchester : Carcanet , 2001 pg. 95-97
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Learning Human : Selected Poems of Les Murray Les Murray , Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2003 Z1147830 2003 selected work poetry Potts Point : Duffy and Snellgrove , 2003 pg. 92-93
Alternative title: Die 1812 Ouverture von Topkapi Serail
First line of verse: "Der Rosenkranz auf turkisch und Gebete fur den Sultan."
Language: German
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Works about this Work

"In Our Bodies": Les Murray's Incarnate History Nicholas Birns , 1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Counterbalancing Light : Essays on the Poetry of Les Murray 1997; (p. 20-36)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (1)
Last amended 25 Oct 2004 12:27:15
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Istanbul,
    c
    Turkey,
    c
    Middle East, Asia,
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X