Oriental Essays [Hardcover]

A.J Arberry (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 070070289X | ISBN-13: 978-0700702893 | Publication Date: November 11, 1996 | Edition: Reissue

In this book Professor Arberry describes the lives and labours of six great scholars - Simon Ockley, Sir William Jones, E. W. Lane, E. H. Palmer, E.G. Browne and R. A Nicholson - men who were devoted to building a bridge between the peoples of Europe and Asia.
To these biographical essays, Arberry has appended a fragment of candid autobiography and an eloquent plea for the further encouragement of Oriental studies.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; Reissue edition (November 11, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 070070289X
• ISBN-13: 978-0700702893
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,471,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration for students of the Near East, August 11, 2003

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J. E. S. Leake "sailor and scholar" (Offshore, Persian Gulf) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oriental Essays (Hardcover)

For those people involved in Middle Eastern studies, a background of those people who founded and developed the English-speaking world's studies of the region is of real interest, and, indeed, inspiration. This book contains seven essays, one each on Simon Ockley, Sir William Jones, E.W.Lane, E.H.Palmer, E.G.Browne and on R.A.Nicholson. In the case of Browne and Nicholson, the essays are a personal tribute of the author to his teacher (Nicholson) and his teacher's teacher (Browne). Inspirational, but the RoutledgeCurzon reprint is very, very over-priced, sadly.