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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. Olearius introduced Persian culture to the German-speaking public; his appraisal of Persian customs prepares the way for German Romanticism's infatuation with Persian poetry.

Visions of Persia

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 15 January 2004
      ISBN-13 9780674012547
      978-0674012547
      ISBN-10 0674012542
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      Travel & Transport Classic travel writing

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      Book Synopsis
      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. Olearius introduced Persian culture to the German-speaking public; his appraisal of Persian customs prepares the way for German Romanticism's infatuation with Persian poetry.

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