India in the Persian World of Letters by Arthur Dudney

India in the Persian World of Letters by Arthur Dudney

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This book traces the development of philology (the study of literary language) in Persian tradition in India, focusing socio-political ramifications, and provides an intellectual biography of Ārzū, an innovative and influential eighteenth-century scholar and poet in India.

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India in the Persian World of Letters by Arthur Dudney

This book traces the development of philology (the study of literary language) in Persian tradition in India, focusing socio-political ramifications, and provides an intellectual biography of Arzu, an innovative and influential eighteenth-century scholar and poet in India.
Arthur Dudney is Director of Cultural Programmes at the Arcadia Fund. He was formerly a Leverhulme Early Career fellow at the University of Cambridge and a Mellon Fellow at the University of Oxford. He received a PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian & African Studies from Columbia University and an AB in Classics from Princeton University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
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ISBN 13 9780192857415
ISBN 10 019285741X
Title India in the Persian World of Letters
Author Arthur Dudney
Series Oxford Oriental Monographs
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2022-04-15
Number of pages 336
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