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Visions of Persia - Mapping the Travels of Adam Olearius (Paperback) Loot Price: R645
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Visions of Persia - Mapping the Travels of Adam Olearius (Paperback): Elio Brancaforte

Visions of Persia - Mapping the Travels of Adam Olearius (Paperback)

Elio Brancaforte

Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature

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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.

Adam Olearius introduced Persian literature, history, and arts to the German-speaking public; his frank appraisal of Persian customs foreshadows the enlightened spirit of the eighteenth century (influencing Montesquieu's "Persian Letters" as well as Goethe's "West-Eastern Divan") and prepares the way for German Romanticism's infatuation with Persian poetry.

Brancaforte focuses on the visual and discursive nexus uniting Olearius's text with the numerous engravings that supplement the book. The emphasis falls on contextualized readings of Olearius's decorative frontispieces and his new and improved map of Persia and the Caspian Sea, as expressions of early modern subjectivity.

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Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature
Release date: 2004
First published: 2004
Authors: Elio Brancaforte
Dimensions: 238 x 158 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-01254-7
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
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LSN: 0-674-01254-2
Barcode: 9780674012547

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