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

ISBN-13: 9789087282622 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 324 str.

Marjan Afsharian; Russell Harris

Opis

In 1884, John Compton Pyne, a 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 accouterments he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not only wrote a journal but also added beautiful and charming watercolor illustrations. This edition reprints his adventurous journal alongside an introduction that contextualizes this trip against the background of the Persian influence in British culture, and sets this influence as a driving force behind Pyne's travels.

Spis treści

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