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This book argues that the satire of the late Elizabethan period
goes far beyond generic rhetorical persuasion, but is instead
intentionally engaged in a literary mission of transideological
"perceptual translation." This reshaping of cultural orthodoxies is
interpreted in this study as both authentic and "activistic" in the
sense that satire represents a purpose-driven attempt to build a
consensual community devoted to genuine socio-cultural change. The
book includes explorations of specific ideologically stabilizing
satires produced before the Bishops' Ban of 1599, as well as the
attempt to return nihilistic English satire to a stabilizing
theatrical form during the tumultuous end of the reign of Elizabeth
I. Dr. Jones infuses carefully chosen, modern-day examples of
satire alongside those of the Elizabethan Era, making it a
thoughtful, vigorous read.
"Oulines an array of recent work on the analytic theory and
potential applications of continued fractions, linear functionals,
orthogonal functions, moment theory, and integral transforms.
Describes links between continued fractions. Pade approximation,
special functions, and Gaussian quadrature."
"Oulines an array of recent work on the analytic theory and
potential applications of continued fractions, linear functionals,
orthogonal functions, moment theory, and integral transforms.
Describes links between continued fractions. Pade approximation,
special functions, and Gaussian quadrature."
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,
becoming a pioneer in comparative religion. Through works such as
his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities and his translation of the
Sanskrit classic Sacontala, Jones inspired and influenced Romantic
writers from William Blake to August Wilhelm Schlegel. These
thirteen volumes of his works, published in 1807, begin with a
memoir by his friend and editor Lord Teignmouth (1751-1834). Volume
1 explores Jones' heritage and birth through to his departure for
India.
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,
becoming a pioneer in comparative religion. Through works such as
his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities and his translation of the
Sanskrit classic Sacontala, Jones inspired and influenced Romantic
writers from William Blake to August Wilhelm Schlegel. These
thirteen volumes of his works, published in 1807, begin with a
memoir by his friend and editor Lord Teignmouth (1751-1834). Volume
2 covers Jones' life and death in India, and includes important
correspondence and unpublished work.
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 3 of
his thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains Jones'
'Anniversary Discourses' (1784-94) addressed to the Asiatick
Society as its president - including 'On the Hindus' (1786), a
seminal work of comparative linguistics. It also contains his
landmark essay of cultural comparison, 'On the Gods of Greece,
Italy, and India' (1784).
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).
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 5 of
his thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains Jones'
researches into Indian botany - including the comparative
'Botanical Observations on Select Indian Plants' - coupled with his
groundbreaking Grammar of the Persian Language (1771), the work
which established Jones as one of the eighteenth century's greatest
orientalists.
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. Volume 6 of his
thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains Jones' Poeseos
Asiaticae Commentariorum (1774). A work of comparative literature
after mentor Robert Lowth's De Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum (1753) - in
which Lowth established the Old Testament as a masterpiece of
oriental literature - Poeseos provides detailed Latin commentary on
the language and techniques of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish
poetry.
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. Volume 7 of his
thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, addresses Jones'
significant jurisprudential work, containing his 'Charges' as a
supreme court judge. It also contains Jones's most controversial
work, his Institutes of Hindu Law (1794), a translation from
Sanskrit which Jones considered his masterpiece, although
postcolonial scholars argue that it cemented Britain's imperial
control over India.
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. Volume 8 of his
thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains more of Jones'
legal work, including his pre-India tracts on Islamic laws of
succession and inheritance - culturally comparative works debunking
prejudiced claims that Islamic cultures denied private property.
Also included is his formative 'Essay on the Law of Bailments'
(1781), a work still cited in some legal cases today.
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. Volume 9 of his
thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains Jones'
translation of the Speeches of Isaeus (1779) and perhaps his most
influential translation, Sacontala (1789), a Hindu love fable that
explores the depths of Hindu mythology and philosophy. Lauded
throughout Europe, Sacontala would inspire Goethe to write that
once it is mentioned, 'everything is said'.
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 10 of
his thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains Jones'
important pre-India poetry and essays. These include his essays 'On
the Arts, Commonly Called Imitative' and 'On the Poetry of the
Eastern Nations' (1772), which anticipate Romantic themes of the
sublime, as well as his Alcaic 'Odes', which establish Jones'
radical political identity.
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 11 of
his thirteen-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. Widely praised,
it established him as a pre-eminent orientalist.
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 12 of
his thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains the final
book of Jones's Histoire de Nader Chah (1770), a memoir of the
famed Iranian ruler, translated into French from the Persian. This
volume also includes Jones' Traite sur la poesie orientale (1770),
an essay exploring Arabic and Persian poetry.
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 translation of the Sanskrit classic
Sacontala. Volume 13 of his thirteen-volume works, published in
1807, contains Jones' most critical engagements with Hinduism,
including his translations of the Sanskrit Hitopadesa (Aesop-like
fables of Hindu mythology) and sacred religious texts such as the
Isa Upanishad. The volume also contains Jones' nine original
'Hymns' to Hindu deities, poems based on Hindu philosophy that
influenced Romantics such as William Blake, Robert Southey and
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
This book argues that the satire of the late Elizabethan period
goes far beyond generic rhetorical persuasion, but is instead
intentionally engaged in a literary mission of transideological
"perceptual translation." This reshaping of cultural orthodoxies is
interpreted in this study as both authentic and "activistic" in the
sense that satire represents a purpose-driven attempt to build a
consensual community devoted to genuine socio-cultural change. The
book includes explorations of specific ideologically stabilizing
satires produced before the Bishops' Ban of 1599, as well as the
attempt to return nihilistic English satire to a stabilizing
theatrical form during the tumultuous end of the reign of Elizabeth
I. Dr. Jones infuses carefully chosen, modern-day examples of
satire alongside those of the Elizabethan Era, making it a
thoughtful, vigorous read.
WE ARE ADRIFT IN A SEA OF INFORMATION. We need information to make
good decisions, to get things done, to learn, and to gain better
mastery of the world around us. But we do not always have good
control of our information - not even in the "home waters" of an
office or on the hard drive of a computer. Instead, information may
be controlling us - keeping us from doing the things we need to do,
getting us to waste money and precious time. The growth of
available information, plus the technologies for its creation,
storage, retrieval, distribution and use, is astonishing and
sometimes bewildering. Can there be a similar growth in our
understanding for how best to manage information and informational
tools?
This book provides a comprehensive overview of personal information
management (PIM) as both a study and a practice of the activities
people do and need to be doing so that information can work for
them in their daily lives.
Introductory chapters of "Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and
Practice of Personal Information Management" provide an overview of
PIM and a sense for its many facets. The next chapters look more
closely at the essential challenges of PIM, including finding,
keeping, organizing, maintaining, managing privacy, and managing
information flow. The book also contains chapters on search, email,
mobile PIM, web-based support, and other technologies relevant to
PIM.
*For more information and author blog visit http:
//www.keepingthingsfound.com/.
* Focuses exclusively on one of the most interesting and
challenging problems in today's world
* Explores what good and better PIM looks like, and how to measure
improvements
* Presents key questions to consider when evaluating any new PIM
informational tools or systems
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