A Journal of Three Months' Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne

Marjan Afsharian, Russell Harris (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

266 Seiten

2017
Leiden University Press (Verlag)
978-90-8728-262-2 (ISBN)

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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.

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. 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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	Iranian Studies Series
Zusatzinfo	2 Illustrations, black and white - 214 Illustrations, color
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 156 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	90-8728-262-1 / 9087282621
ISBN-13	978-90-8728-262-2 / 9789087282622
Zustand	Neuware