Author
Mahdī Khān Astarābādī, active 1733-1759
Publication Date
2014
Publication Place
Cambridge -
Cambridge University Press
Type
Book
Language
fas,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
474
Library
University of Bielefeld Library
Record ID
991025812612206442
Date
2014
Notes
A renowned Enlightenment polymath, Sir William Jones was a lawyer, translator & poet who wrote authoritatively on politics, comparative linguistics & oriental literature. Known initially for his Persian translations & political radicalism, Jones became further celebrated for his study & translation of ancient Sanskrit texts following his appointment to the supreme court in Calcutta in 1783. He spent the next 11 years introducing Europe to the mysticism & rationality of Hinduism through works such as his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities & his translation of the Sanskrit classic Sacontalá, influencing Romantic writers from William Blake to August Wilhelm Schlegel. Volume 11 of his 13-volume works, published in 1807, contains most of Jones' Histoire de Nader Chah (1770), a memoir of the famed Iranian ruler, translated into French from the Persian. Commissioned by the king of Denmark, this was Jones' first publication.
ISBN
1-139-50700-1
Dizi başlığı
Cambridge library collection.
Hedef kitle
Specialized.
