'Orientalist Jones'

Author	: Michael J. Franklin
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 409
Release	: 2011-09-22
ISBN-10	: 9780199532001
ISBN-13	: 0199532001
Rating	: 4/5 (01 Downloads)

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Download or read book 'Orientalist Jones' written by Michael J. Franklin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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