Patterson Black Gene (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Book is clean and tight without inside markings. Schwab's massive and far-reaching book, which originally appeared in France in 1950, is a history of European oriental studies-- particularly studies of India.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 542 Pages. Dust Jacket Worn And Frayed. Faint 6" Long Dent In Front Cover Of Dust Jacket And Front Cover Of Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Ex-library. Usual library stamps and markings. A couple of ink marks to top page edges. Dustjacket in plastic cover taped to boards with small pieces of adhesive tape.; xxiv, [2], 542 pages. Page dimensions: 232 x 151mm. "For so long merely Mediterranean, humanism began to be global when the scientific reading of Avestan and Sanskrit scripts unlocked innumerable unsuspected scriptures." - quote from Schwab on dust wrapper blurb. Schwab's study was originally published in the French language in 1950. This English translation is copyrighted 1984. Selected chapter titles: There is an Oriental Renaissance; Establishing the Text; Europe learns Sanskrit; The Progress of Oriental Studies; Repercussions in Literature; Founders and Intermediaries; India and the Blossoming of Lamartine; Vigny Tempted by India; From Historical Poetry to Poetical History; An External Orient: Exoticism; The India of Schopenhauer; The Iran of Nietzsche; The Buddhism of Wagner; Russian Orientalism and Nonviolence; The Dialogue Between Creedson the Question of the Soul; An Age of Relativism; The Orient, the Supreme Romanticism.; 8vo.…