The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author by Lord Teignmouth

di William Jones (Autore)

Lord Teignmouth (Curatore)

Cambridge University Press, 2013

A renowned Enlightenment polymath, Sir William Jones (1746-94) was a lawyer, translator and poet who wrote authoritatively on politics, comparative linguistics and oriental literature. Known initially for his Persian translations and political radicalism, Jones became further celebrated for his study and translation of ancient Sanskrit texts following his appointment to the supreme court in Calcutta in 1783. He spent the next eleven years introducing Europe to the mysticism and rationality of Hinduism through works such as his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities and his translation of the Sanskrit classic Sacontala, influencing Romantic writers from William Blake to August Wilhelm Schlegel. Volume 4 of his thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains Jones' extensive Indic scholarship and translations published in British periodicals such as Asiatick Researches and The Asiatick Miscellany, and includes the unprecedented 'On the Musical Modes of the Hindus' (1792) and 'On the Mystical Poetry of the Persians and Hindus' (1791).

• Autore: William Jones
• Curatore: Lord Teignmouth
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 460 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 580 gr.
• EAN: 9781108055710

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