'orientalist jones': sir william jones, poet, lawyer, and linguist, 1746-1794
Auteur :
Franklin, Michael J.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199532001
Date de publication :
22 sept. 2011
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,8 x 3,9 cm
Poids :
778 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
A major new 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.