Author: Garland Hampton Cannon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521391490
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
This brilliant thesis of language families laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics.
The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones
Author: Garland Cannon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521391498
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier source, one known today as Indo-European. This brilliant thesis laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics. Jones' interests and achievements, however, ranged far beyond language. He studied and made contributions to anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, history, law, literature, music, physiology, politics, and religion. He served as a Supreme Court justice in India and founded the Asiatic Society, which stimulated world-wide interest in India and the Orient. He was friends with many of the leading intellectuals of his day and corresponded with Benjamin Franklin in America and with Burke, Gibbon, Johnson, Percy and Reynolds in Britain. In his short life he mastered so many languages that he was regarded even in his own time as a phenomenon, and so he was. Garland Cannon, editor of the much acclaimed The Letters of Sir William Jones, has written a new and definitive biography of this fascinating man, who in his life and works teaches us that the path to understanding and appreciating the art and literature of a great culture very different from our own is through devoted study, a tolerant spirit, and an unquenchably curious mind.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521391498
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier source, one known today as Indo-European. This brilliant thesis laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics. Jones' interests and achievements, however, ranged far beyond language. He studied and made contributions to anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, history, law, literature, music, physiology, politics, and religion. He served as a Supreme Court justice in India and founded the Asiatic Society, which stimulated world-wide interest in India and the Orient. He was friends with many of the leading intellectuals of his day and corresponded with Benjamin Franklin in America and with Burke, Gibbon, Johnson, Percy and Reynolds in Britain. In his short life he mastered so many languages that he was regarded even in his own time as a phenomenon, and so he was. Garland Cannon, editor of the much acclaimed The Letters of Sir William Jones, has written a new and definitive biography of this fascinating man, who in his life and works teaches us that the path to understanding and appreciating the art and literature of a great culture very different from our own is through devoted study, a tolerant spirit, and an unquenchably curious mind.
The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones
Author: Garland Cannon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521025263
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier source, one known today as Indo-European. This brilliant thesis laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics. Jones' interests and achievements, however, ranged far beyond language. He studied and made contributions to anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, history, law, literature, music, physiology, politics, and religion. He served as a Supreme Court justice in India and founded the Asiatic Society, which stimulated world-wide interest in India and the Orient. He was friends with many of the leading intellectuals of his day and corresponded with Benjamin Franklin in America and with Burke, Gibbon, Johnson, Percy and Reynolds in Britain. In his short life he mastered so many languages that he was regarded even in his own time as a phenomenon, and so he was. Garland Cannon, editor of the much acclaimed The Letters of Sir William Jones, has written a new and definitive biography of this fascinating man, who in his life and works teaches us that the path to understanding and appreciating the art and literature of a great culture very different from our own is through devoted study, a tolerant spirit, and an unquenchably curious mind.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521025263
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Sir William Jones (1746-1794) is best known for his famous Third Discourse of 1786 in which he proposed that Sanskrit's affinity to Greek and Latin could be explained by positing a common, earlier source, one known today as Indo-European. This brilliant thesis laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics. Jones' interests and achievements, however, ranged far beyond language. He studied and made contributions to anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, history, law, literature, music, physiology, politics, and religion. He served as a Supreme Court justice in India and founded the Asiatic Society, which stimulated world-wide interest in India and the Orient. He was friends with many of the leading intellectuals of his day and corresponded with Benjamin Franklin in America and with Burke, Gibbon, Johnson, Percy and Reynolds in Britain. In his short life he mastered so many languages that he was regarded even in his own time as a phenomenon, and so he was. Garland Cannon, editor of the much acclaimed The Letters of Sir William Jones, has written a new and definitive biography of this fascinating man, who in his life and works teaches us that the path to understanding and appreciating the art and literature of a great culture very different from our own is through devoted study, a tolerant spirit, and an unquenchably curious mind.
Objects of Enquiry
Author: Garland Cannon
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814715178
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The first two essays describe Sir William Jones, a brilliant and engaged man of letters who became an authority on the languages, laws, and literatures of many of the major world civilizations. The next four essays describe Jones's contributions to linguistics, jurisprudence, history, natural science, and other fields. The last two essays address Jones's impact in German- speaking areas and his place in the history of British Orientalism. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814715178
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The first two essays describe Sir William Jones, a brilliant and engaged man of letters who became an authority on the languages, laws, and literatures of many of the major world civilizations. The next four essays describe Jones's contributions to linguistics, jurisprudence, history, natural science, and other fields. The last two essays address Jones's impact in German- speaking areas and his place in the history of British Orientalism. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Oriental Jones
Author: Garland Hampton Cannon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
'Orientalist Jones'
Author: Michael J. Franklin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199532001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199532001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
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.
Oriental Jones
Sir William Jones, His Mind and Art
Author: Janardan Prasad Singh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Life and works of an 18th century British orientalist.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Life and works of an 18th century British orientalist.
Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones
Author: John Shore Baron Teignmouth
Publisher:
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Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asianists
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The Works of Sir William Jones
Author: William Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108055737
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The complete thirteen-volume works, with memoir, of the orientalist and poet Sir William Jones (1746-94), first published in 1807.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108055737
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The complete thirteen-volume works, with memoir, of the orientalist and poet Sir William Jones (1746-94), first published in 1807.
Oriental Jones
Author: Garland Hampton Cannon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description