Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar and history of literature

Literary historiography reveals a different aspect of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, an eminent author who is better known for his literary works. Tanpınar's work, XIX. Asır Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, the thirtieth edition of which is being prepared to be published, has attracted much interest since its publication in 1949. This work immediately understood to be penned by a mastermind, attracts a great deal of attention with its rich content and perspective based on continuity. Although the importance and the originality of the abovementioned work in the field of literary historiography is accepted by academia, it has not been studied as a separate subject at the thesis level. Tanpınar's literary history, which has been analyzed from different aspects in some academic articles, will be examined as a separate subject in this study for the first time at the thesis level. Accordingly, in this study, Tanpınar's literary historiography will be analyzed as a whole and the prominent aspects of the relevant work and especially its methodical attitude will be evaluated.