Rosita D’Amora
Biographic Data
| ID | 5905367 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rosita D’Amora |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rosita |
| FAMILY NAME | D’Amora |
| SIGNATURE | D’AMORA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Salento |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1527-4990 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Translating Le comte de Monte-Cristo in the Ottoman Empire
(article forthcoming) In this paper I will examine the stylistic and semantic strategies employed in the Ottoman translation of Alexander Dumas (père)’s novel Le comte de Monte-Cristo in order to adapt the original French version for a local Ottoman audience. In particular I will investigate the linguistic and cultural background of Theodor Kasap (Theodor Kasapis), the rum origin translator of Dumas’ novel, who was a very influential personality …
Gift Exchanging Practices between the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Ottoman Empire
Between August 1741 and the spring of 1743, following the conclusion of a treaty between the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Porte, Naples became the stage of a series of attentively choreographed events starring two special guests: Hacı Hüseyin Efendi, an envoy of the sultan Mahmud I and an elephant, presented as a sultan's gift to the King Charles of Bourbon. Both guests became a public spectacle, aroused great curiosity, and generated many…
Emotion, Diplomacy and Gift Exchanging Practices in the Ottoman Context
In recent years, an increasing number of studies on diplomatic gifts in the Ottoman context have emphasised, through different approaches, the central role played by gifts in the performance of diplomatic interactions. The articles by Hedda Reindl-Kiel, Michał Wasiucionek and Rosita D'Amora that make up this thematic section, Emotion, Diplomacy and Gift Exchanging Practices in the Ottoman Context, take a step in a new direction by posing challeng…
An Interview with Giancarlo Casale
Giancarlo Casale is Chair of Early Modern Mediterranean History at the European University Institute in Florence, as well as a permanent member of the history faculty at the University of Minnesota. His new book, Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in Seventeenth-Century Europe will be released in summer 2021 from the University of California Press. Casale is also the author of award-winning Ottoman Age of Exploration (Oxfor…
Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Hezārfenn and the Coffee
In 1683 Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsili volunteered for the troops that Leopold I of Habsburg was recruiting against the army of Mehmet IV , who was about to besiege Vienna. Marsili, though, during the skirmishes preceding the siege, was wounded, captured and brought as a slave to the Ottoman camp where he learned how to prepare coffee and served as a kahveci (coffee maker). After his ransom, in 1685, he sent to press in Vienna a short treatise en…
Representations and othering in discourse
In 1555, the French poet Pierre de Ronsard suggested that, in order to save Europe from the impending ‘Turkish danger’, European societies could abandon their territory to the Ottomans and resettle
The Diplomatic Relations Between Naples and the Ottoman Empire in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
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The Diplomatic Relations Between Naples and the Ottoman Empire in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
Representations and othering in discourse
In 1555, the French poet Pierre de Ronsard suggested that, in order to save Europe from the impending ‘Turkish danger’, European societies could abandon their territory to the Ottomans and resettle
Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Hezārfenn and the Coffee
In 1683 Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsili volunteered for the troops that Leopold I of Habsburg was recruiting against the army of Mehmet IV , who was about to besiege Vienna. Marsili, though, during the skirmishes preceding the siege, was wounded, captured and brought as a slave to the Ottoman camp where he learned how to prepare coffee and served as a kahveci (coffee maker). After his ransom, in 1685, he sent to press in Vienna a short treatise en…
An Interview with Giancarlo Casale
Giancarlo Casale is Chair of Early Modern Mediterranean History at the European University Institute in Florence, as well as a permanent member of the history faculty at the University of Minnesota. His new book, Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in Seventeenth-Century Europe will be released in summer 2021 from the University of California Press. Casale is also the author of award-winning Ottoman Age of Exploration (Oxfor…
Gift Exchanging Practices between the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Ottoman Empire
Between August 1741 and the spring of 1743, following the conclusion of a treaty between the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Porte, Naples became the stage of a series of attentively choreographed events starring two special guests: Hacı Hüseyin Efendi, an envoy of the sultan Mahmud I and an elephant, presented as a sultan's gift to the King Charles of Bourbon. Both guests became a public spectacle, aroused great curiosity, and generated many…
Emotion, Diplomacy and Gift Exchanging Practices in the Ottoman Context
In recent years, an increasing number of studies on diplomatic gifts in the Ottoman context have emphasised, through different approaches, the central role played by gifts in the performance of diplomatic interactions. The articles by Hedda Reindl-Kiel, Michał Wasiucionek and Rosita D'Amora that make up this thematic section, Emotion, Diplomacy and Gift Exchanging Practices in the Ottoman Context, take a step in a new direction by posing challeng…
Translating Le comte de Monte-Cristo in the Ottoman Empire
(article forthcoming) In this paper I will examine the stylistic and semantic strategies employed in the Ottoman translation of Alexander Dumas (père)’s novel Le comte de Monte-Cristo in order to adapt the original French version for a local Ottoman audience. In particular I will investigate the linguistic and cultural background of Theodor Kasap (Theodor Kasapis), the rum origin translator of Dumas’ novel, who was a very influential personality …
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