Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India by Yule, Henry
Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India by Yule, Henry

Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India

Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents...
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Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India by Yule, Henry

Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India

$92.98
Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India by Yule, Henry

Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India

$92.98
Author: Henry Yule
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases that entered English from Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Chinese sources - and vice versa. Described by Salman Rushdie as 'the legendary dictionary of British India' it shows how words of Indian origin were absorbed into the English language and records not only the vocabulary but the culture of the Raj. It encompasses aspects of the history, trade, peoples, and geography of Asia in entries that are at once authoritative and playful. Like the Oxford English Dictionary, Hobson-Jobson included illustrative quotations that were drawn from a wide range of travel texts, histories, memoirs, and novels, creating a canon of English writing about India. The definitions frequently slip into anecdote, reminiscence, and digression, and they offer intriguing insights into Victorian attitudes to India and its people and customs.

With its delight in language, etymology, and puns, Hobson-Jobson has fascinated generations of writers from Rudyard Kipling to Tom Stoppard and Amitav Ghosh. This selected edition retains the range and idiosyncrasy of the original, and Kate Teltscher's introduction and notes provide fascinating information on the glossary's creation, and its significance for the English language.


Author: Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Kate Teltscher
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 07/12/2013
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.32w x 1.46d
ISBN: 9780199601134


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About the Author

Kate Teltscher has written about Indian literature and colonial works for both an academic and general readership. Her book The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet (Bloomsbury, 2006; Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2007) was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography.



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