Travels to India and Persia--Olearius and his Work--Progress
of Persian Studies--Roger--India's Language
and Literature remain unknown--Oriental
Influence in German Literature, 9


Chapter III.

HERDER.

Herder's Interest in the Orient--Fourth Collection of his
Zerstreute Blätter--His Didactic Tendency and
Predilection for Saʻdī, 16


Chapter IV.

GOETHE.

Enthusiasm for Śakuntalā--Der Gott und die Bajadere;
der Paria--Goethe's Aversion for Hindu Mythology--Origin
of the Divan--Oriental Character of the
Work--Inaugurates the Oriental Movement, 20


Chapter V.

SCHILLER.

Schiller's Interest in Śakuntalā--Turandot, 28