xixe siècles, retrace le parcours de cet érudit et présente l’ensemble de son oeuvre littéraire dans une étude divisée en cinq rubriques: langue et littérature hindoustanies, traductions, sociologie et islamisme, comptes rendus et notices nécrologiques, oeuvre inédite. The School of Living Oriental languages was founded in Paris in 1795. Garcin de Tassy held the chair of Hindustani there, which was created in 1828. Many important works are attributed to this great scholar, who was equally well versed in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. He was interested primarily in the Muslim religion and the Urdu language. The present volume first gives a historical introduction to Indian studies in Europe in the 18th-19th centuries A.D. It then traces the career of this scholar and presents the entire range of his literary works in five parts: Hindustani language and literature, translations, sociology and Islamic studies, book reviews and obituaries, unpublished works. |