Taken for wonder
Subtitle: nineteenth century travel writing from Iran to Europe
By: Naghmeh Sohrabi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199829705
Subjects: Iranians; Description and travel; Travelers' writings, Persian; History and criticism; Relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Writing travel, making genre; title: The reluctant tourist: Mirza Abul Hasan Khan and his "Book of wonder"; title: Long day's journey into night: Mirza Fattah Khan Garmrudi's accounts of Europe; title: The traveling king: Nasir al-Din Shah and his books of travel; title: A darvish and a merchant walk into Europe: the popularization of travel of writing; title: Conclusion.