{"product_id":"orientalist-jones-sir-william-jones-poet-lawyer-and-linguist-1746-1794-hardcover","title":"'Orientalist Jones': Sir William Jones, Poet, Lawyer, and Linguist, 1746-1794 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Franklin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael J. Franklin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Swansea University. His main current area of interest is the study of colonial representations of India and their various interfaces with Romanticism, and he has published widely on this subject and on the work of Sir William Jones, including the critical biography \u003cem\u003eSir William Jones\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), and (as editor)\u003cem\u003eSir William Jones: Selected Poetical and Prose Works\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003eRepresenting India: Indian Culture and Imperial Control\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), and \u003cem\u003eThe European Discovery of India: Key Indological Sources of Romanticism\u003c\/em\u003e (2001). His most recent books are an edited collection of essays, \u003cem\u003eRomantic Representations of British India\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), and a scholarly edition of Phebe Gibbes, \u003cem\u003eHartly House, Calcutta\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), also published by Oxford University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50314784669933,"sku":"9780199532001","price":162.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/N_u_Q0F7O09780199532001.webp?v=1784668328","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/orientalist-jones-sir-william-jones-poet-lawyer-and-linguist-1746-1794-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}