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100 1 _aRemy, Arthur F. J.,
_d1871-1954
245 1 4 _aThe Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aColumbia University series of Germanic studies, vol. I, no. IV
500 _aRelease date is 2006-03-05
508 _aProduced by Stacy Brown, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany" by Arthur F. J. Remy is a scholarly study written in the early 20th century. This work investigates the significant impact that Indo-Iranian literature had on German poetry, focusing particularly on the 19th century in Germany, a time marked by a notable Orientalist movement. Through a systematic exploration, the book addresses how various poets incorporated Eastern themes and styles into their works, illustrating a cultural and literary exchange between the East and West. At the start of this analytical work, the author provides an overview of the limited but intriguing knowledge that medieval Europe possessed concerning India and Persia. He discusses sources of information, including ancient travelers and classical writers who often combined truth with fiction in their descriptions. Furthermore, Remy examines how this indirect knowledge spurred an increasing interest in Eastern poetic forms and stories into German literature, setting the stage for the later direct influences on prominent poets such as Goethe, Schiller, and Rückert. The opening portion establishes a foundation for understanding the dynamic interaction between two diverse literary worlds and outlines the scope of the book's investigation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aGerman literature -- History and criticism
653 _aComparative literature -- Sanskrit and German
653 _aComparative literature -- German and Sanskrit
653 _aComparative literature -- Persian and German
653 _aComparative literature -- German and Persian
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17928
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