Orientalist Jones : Sir William Jones, poet, lawyer, and linguist, 1746-1794 /

A critical biography of Sir William Jones (1746-94), the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time, whose Sanskrit researches did more than any other writer to destroy Eurocentric prejudice reshaping Western perceptions of India and the Orient...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Franklin, Michael J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Zusammenfassung:
A critical biography of Sir William Jones (1746-94), the foremost Orientalist of his generation and one of the greatest intellectual navigators of all time, whose Sanskrit researches did more than any other writer to destroy Eurocentric prejudice reshaping Western perceptions of India and the Orient.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 396 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613352279
9780191619984
0191619981
9780191617324
0191617326
9781283352277
1283352273
Schlagworte:
Jones, William, > 1746-1794.
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