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
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2011, 2011
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 396 p. ill., ports |
| ISBN: | 9780191730900 |