The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany

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Arthur F. J. Remy. The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany

The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany

Table of Contents

PREFACE

List of Works most frequently consulted

Abbreviations

Transcription

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

FOOTNOTES:

CHAPTER II

FROM THE PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES TO THE TIME OF SIR WILLIAM JONES

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CHAPTER III

HERDER

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CHAPTER IV

GOETHE

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CHAPTER V

SCHILLER

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CHAPTER VI

THE SCHLEGELS

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CHAPTER VII

PLATEN

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CHAPTER VIII

RÜCKERT

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CHAPTER IX

HEINE

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CHAPTER X

BODENSTEDT

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CHAPTER XI

THE MINOR ORIENTALIZING POETS

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CHAPTER XII

VON SCHACK

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CHAPTER XIII

CONCLUSION

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Arthur F. J. Remy

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Princes and princesses from India or Persia abound in the poems of the court-writers and minstrels. Thus in "Solomon und Morolf" Salme is the daughter of the King of Endian;36 in Wolfram's "Willehalm" King Alofel of Persia and King Gorhant from the Ganjes figure in the battle of Alischanz.37 In Konrad von Würzburg's "Trojanischer Krieg" the kings Panfilias of Persia and Achalmus of India are on the Trojan side.38 In the same poet's "Partenopier" the Sultan of Persia is the hero's chief rival.39 In "Der Jüngere Titurel" Gatschiloe, a princess from India, becomes bearer of the Grail; similarly in a poem by Der Pleiaere, Flordibel, who comes to the Knights of the Round Table to learn courtly manners, reveals herself as a princess from India.40 According to a poem of the fourteenth century the father of St. Christopher is king of Arabia and Persia.41 Even the folk-epic "Kudrun" knows of Hilde of India, Hagen's wife.42

Again, wonderful things from India are abundant in this class of poetry. The magic lance which Wigalois receives, when he is about to do battle with a fire-spitting dragon, is from that land.43 So also is the magic ring given to Reinfrit when he sets out on his crusade.44 Wigamur's bride Dulceflur wears woven gold from the castle Gramrimort in India,45 and in the "Nibelungen" Hagen and Dancwart, when going to the Isenstein, wear precious stones from that land.46

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