JOURNAL THREE MONTHS WALK IN PERSIA PB

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-8728-262-2
Verlag: Leiden University Press

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Iranian Studies Series

In 1884 an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the local muleteers. Among his accoutrements he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not only wrote a journal but in which he also added accomplished and charming water-colour illustrations. The authors’ introduction contextualises this trip made in 1884 against the background of Persianate influence in British culture, and the general cultural background of late Victorian Britain is presented as the subliminal driver behind a young man’s desire to explore, and illustrate, an already discovered country – Persia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Afsharian, Marjan

Harris, Russell

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Expeditions- & Reiseliteratur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Figures

John Compton Pyne (1857-1893), 2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment, by Jeremy Archer

Acknowledgements

Introduction, by Russell Harris and Marjan Afsharian

Background to the Journal

Cultural background

Romantic attraction of Persia and the call of Lalla Rookh

Persia in music and applied arts

The telegraph

Persia in Europe

Tourism and adventure in the Orient

The state of Persia

Conclusion

The Journal

Epilogue, by Jeremy Archer

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Afsharian, Marjan
Marjan Afsharian gained her MA in the History of Art and Archaeology at SOAS. She currently works for the Encyclopaedia Islamica project at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.

Harris, Russell
Russell Harris holds an MA in Oriental Studies from Balliol College, Oxford, and is an established translator of literary works from French and Arabic. He is a contributor to the The Routledge Encyclopedia of 19th Century Photography and The Encyclopaedia Islamica.