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Title: The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany
Author: Arthur F. J. Remy
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THE INFLUENCE
OF
INDIA AND PERSIA
ON THE

POETRY OF GERMANY
BY
ARTHUR F.J. REMY, A.M., Ph.D.
SOMETIME FELLOW IN COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Copyright 1901, Columbia University Press,
New York
Manufactured in the United States of America
TO
Prof. William H. Carpenter, Ph.D.
Prof. Calvin Thomas, A.M.

Prof. A.V. Williams Jackson, L.H.D., Ph.D.
OF COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
IN GRATITUDE
PREFACE.
The Oriental movement which manifested itself so strikingly in
German literature during the nineteenth century is familiar to every
student of that literature. Although the general nature of this movement
is pretty clearly understood, no systematic investigation of it, so far as I
know, has ever been undertaken. In the following pages an attempt is
made to trace the influence which the Indo-Iranian East--the Semitic
part is not considered--exerted on German poetry. The work does not
claim to be exhaustive in the sense that it gives a list of all the poets
that ever came under that influence. Nor does it pretend to be anything
like a complete catalogue of the sources whence the poets derived their
material. The performance of such a task would have required far more
time and space than were at my disposal. A selection was absolutely
necessary. It is hoped that the material presented in the case of each
poet is sufficient to give a clear idea of the extent to which he was
subject to Oriental influence, as well as of the part that he took in the

movement under discussion.
It is my pleasant duty to acknowledge the obligations under which I am
to various scholars. In the first place, my sincere thanks are due to
Professor Jackson, at whose suggestion this investigation was
undertaken and whose encouragement and advice have never been
wanting. I am also indebted for helpful suggestions to Professors
Carpenter and Thomas of the Germanic department, who kindly
volunteered to read the proof-sheets. Furthermore, I wish to thank Mr.
Yohannan for assistance rendered in connection with the transliteration
of some of the lithographic editions of Persian authors. And, finally, I
am indebted to the kindness of Dr. Gray for the use of several rare
volumes which otherwise would have been inaccessible to me.
Arthur F.J. Remy.
New York, May 1, 1901.
List of Works most frequently consulted.
Baharistan. The Baharistan by Jami. Printed by the Kama Shastra
Society for Private Subscribers only. Benares, 1887.
Bhartrhari. Satakatrayam, 2d ed. Nirnaya Sagara Press. Bombay, 1891.
Quotations are from this edition.
Bodenstedt, Friedr. Martin. Gesammelte Schriften. 12 Bde. Berlin,
1865.
Tausend und ein Tag im Orient in vols. i and ii.
References to Mirza Schaffy songs are based on this edition.
Firdausi. See Shah Namah.
Goethe's Werke. 36 Bde. Berlin (Hempel), 1879.
Quotations are from this edition.

Grundriss der iranischen Philologie. Hrsg. von W. Geiger und E. Kuhn.
Strassburg, 1896 ----.
Gulistan. The Gulistan of Shaikh Muslihu'd din Sa'di of Shiraz, ed.
John Platts. 2d ed. London, 1874.
Quotations are from this edition.
0. or Rose garden. Printed by the Kama Shastra Society for Private
Subscribers only. Benares, 1888.
Hafid. Die Lieder des Hafis. Persisch mit dem Commentare des Sudi
hrsg. von Herm. Brockhaus. Leipzig, 1863.
Quotations are from this edition.
Hammer, Jos. von. Geschichte der schönen Redekünste Persiens, mit
einer Blüthenlese aus zweyhundert persischen Dichtern. Wien, 1818.
Heine. Heinrich Heines sämtliche Werke in 12 Bden. Stuttgart (Cotta),
s. a.
Herder. Sämmtliche Werke, ed. Bernhard