The Light of the World; or, The Great Consummation


  • Author: Edwin Arnold
  • A scholar of Europe as well as the Orient, Sir Edwin Arnold began a teaching career in England after graduating from Oxford, and soon took a position as principal of a school in India. Here, he learned Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, and Turkish, and acquired the knowledge which enabled him to write The Light of Asia, or The Great Renunciation, a book of verses on the Buddha's life and teachings. Although controversial among scholars, the book won tremendous commercial success. Arnold was regarded by many as a poet only of Oriental culture until he published a similar work on Christ, The Light of the World, or The Great Consummation.

  • ISBN: 9780543977847
  • ISBN: 9780543977830
  • Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Heinemann and Balestier in Leipzig, 1891. This book is in English. This book contains 288 pages.
  • Edition: Elibron Classics
  • Book ID: 68817
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