A Journal Of Three Months' Walk In Persia In 1884 By Captain John Compton Pyne
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Title: A Journal of Three Months' Walk in Persia in 1884 by Captain John Compton Pyne Publisher: Amsterdam University Press 2017-05-01, Leiden Publication Date: 2017 Binding: paperback Condition: New There is an inscription on the title page in red ink. About this title Synopsis: 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 by 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. From the Back Cover: 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. 'I found Pyne's journal, which forms the main body of the book, fascinating, sometimes witty in text and illustration also. His watercolours are splendidly reproduced. I read through it all avidly, enjoying the combination of images and texts. The transcription of the manuscript of the journal is well done, and the notes are extremely helpful.' - Alan Williams, Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Religion, University of Manchester. 'Captain John Compton Pyne's Persian travel journal is a treasure trove of material for those seeking understanding of the British Orientalist imagination. Russell Harris's and Marjan Afsharian's impeccably executed annotated edition has done the field a great service.' - David Hollenberg, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, the University of Oregon.
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