The Life and Mind of Oriental Jones

Klappentext
This brilliant thesis of language families laid the groundwork for modern comparative linguistics.

Zusammenfassung
In his short life Sir William Jones mastered so many languages that even in his own time he was regarded as a phenomenon; and so he was. Garland Cannon, editor of The Letters of Sir William Jones, has written a new definitive biography of this fascinating man.

Inhalt
Preface; Introduction; Chronology of Jones's life; 1. A barbanic oriental conqueror (to 1770); 2. Delicate Arab maidens and liquid ruby (1770-1772); 3. Persian Jones and constitutional law (1772-1777); 4. The athenian and eleutherion (1778-1780); 5. An ass laden with gold (1780); 6. Politics: writings and activism (1780-1782); 7. James River property (1782-1783); 8. A vision in the Indian Ocean (1783-1785); 9. A sacred oriental language (1785); 10. A genetic explanation: Indo-European (1786-1787); 11. Sanskrit literary treasures (1787-1788); 12. An Indian renaissance (1789); 13. A burning tropical sun (1790-1791); 14. Scholar-Martyr (1791-1794); 15. Jones today; Appendix; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

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