Emerson & Persia
Subtitle: Emerson's developing interest in Persian mysticism
By: by Mansur Ekhtiar.
Edition: [1st ed.].
Series: Tehran University publications ; no. 1515
Publisher: University of Tehran Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Tehran, Iran
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Philosophy; Literature, Comparative -- Persian and American; Literature, Comparative -- American and Persian; Persian literature -- 747-1500 -- History and criticism; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Mysticism in literature
Description: As Emerson was one of the greatest seminal minds of the 19th century, there is every reason why his contact with the mind of the Orient should be carefully traced - and particularly by someone who, as in the present instance, has come from this Asian background and had available to him a different kind of acquaintance with it than most American scholars ca have. Certainly, from what one already knows and from the account here given, it cannot be assumed that Emerson's relationship with the Orient was casual.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 177-183.
Includes index.