A scholarly survey of how the East entered German poetry, beginning with the Portuguese voyages and Sir William Jones’s translations and moving through Herder, Goethe’s West-östlicher Divan, the Schlegels and Friedrich Rückert’s ghazals. Remy traces which Sanskrit and Persian works reached German readers, through which translations, and what poets made of them.
A clear guide for anyone interested in Romanticism, comparative literature or the long Western fascination with Hafiz and the Sanskrit classics. Download the free EPUB.