The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls ……続きを見る
With the inclusion of twelve original articles by established and emerging international scholars, this volume offers critical reading of literary and cinematic texts produced in China and Sinophone……続きを見る
This book, full of quantitative evidence and limited-circulation archives, details manufacturing and the beginnings of industrialisation in China from 1644 to 1911. It thoroughly examines the interi……続きを見る
著者:Mei Ah Tan
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2025年09月25日
This book is the first comprehensive study of the twelve New Music Bureau poems by the influential poet-official Yuan Zhen 元稹 (779–831) in comparison with the response poems of Bai Juyi 白居易 (77……続きを見る
This book explores human‑machine interaction in Japan, providing a new focus on how and in what form people build affective bonds to new technologies.
To gain insights into the feelings, identities,……続きを見る
著者:Florence Kuek
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2025年04月15日
Han Suyin (1916/1917–2012) became a household name when Love is A Many-Splendored Thing, the Hollywood rendition of her novel won several awards in 1956. The study of Han Suyin went out of fashion f……続きを見る
著者:Hang Tu
出版社: Harvard University Press
発売日: 2025年02月18日
How does emotion shape the landscape of public intellectual debate? In Sentimental Republic, Hang Tu proposes emotion as a new critical framework to approach a post-Mao cultural controversy. As it e……続きを見る
著者:Paul S. Atkins
出版社: University of Hawaii Press
発売日: 2025年05月30日
Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241) was born into an illustrious lineage of poets just as Japan’s ancien régime was ceding authority to a new political order dominated by military power. Overcoming person……続きを見る
This book aims to complement the traditional focus of translation studies, which has primarily centered on translating English into other languages. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the rever……続きを見る
Herbert Allen Giles' "A History of Chinese Literature" serves as a comprehensive exploration of the rich tapestry of Chinese literary traditions from early antiquity to the early 20th century. Giles……続きを見る
In "Exotics and Retrospectives," Lafcadio Hearn presents an eclectic collection of essays that delve into both the haunting allure of the East and the nuanced intricacies of Hearn's own Western upbr……続きを見る
著者:Jin Feng
出版社: Purdue University Press
発売日: 2004年07月30日
In The New Woman in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction, Jin Feng proposes that representation of the "new woman" in Communist Chinese fiction of the earlier twentieth century was paradoxically ……続きを見る
The Shih King (the Book of Poetry) is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC. It is one of the "Five Classics" traditionally ……続きを見る
Contemporary discussions of China tend to focus on politics and economics, giving Chinese culture little if any attention. Why Fiction Matters in Contemporary China offers a corrective, revealing th……続きを見る
Since the reform and opening up of China in 1978, Western literary criticism has begun to flourish and gain in popularity within the country’s academic literature community. These two volumes meticu……続きを見る
In 2012 the Swedish Academy announced that Mo Yan had received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work that "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history, and the contemporary." The anno……続きを見る
With its fresh translations by newer voices in the field, its broad scope, and its flowing style, this anthology places the immense riches of Chinese literature within easy reach. Ranging from the b……続きを見る
著者:Rebecca Walkowitz
出版社: Columbia University Press
発売日: 2015年08月04日
As a growing number of contemporary novelists write for publication in multiple languages, the genre's form and aims are shifting. Born-translated novels include passages that appear to be written i……続きを見る
A thousand years ago, a young Japanese girl embarked on a journey from deep in the countryside of eastern Japan to the capital. Forty years later, with the long account of that journey as a foundati……続きを見る