Visions of persia: mapping the travels of adam olearius
Auteur :
Brancaforte, Elio
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674012547
Date de publication :
15 janv. 2004
Poids :
426 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This work examines the travel account of a German baroque author who journeyed in search of silk from Northern Germany, through Muscovy, to the court of Shah Safi in Isfahan. Olearius introduced Persian culture to the German-speaking public; his appraisal of Persian customs prepares the way for German Romanticism’s infatuation with Persian poetry.