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A new expanded edition of the classic study of translation, finally back in print The difficulty (and necessity) of translation is concisely described in Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei, a clos……続きを見る

With over forty original essays, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Chinese Literatures offers an in-depth engagement with the current analytical methodologies and critical practices that are shaping the……続きを見る

The May Fourth Movement launched an era of turmoil and transformation in China, as Western ideas and education encroached on the Confucian traditions at the root of Chinese society. The Republican p……続きを見る

Pack up your bags because we're going to China! This picture book features majestic China, and is the perfect introduction to Chinese culture and art. Exposing little children to picture books allow……続きを見る

Sakura and sushi are only two things about Japan that the world knows about. There are so many more to love about the country, and this book will give you a glimpse of what those other reasons are. ……続きを見る

Why do dragons dance during Chinese New Year? Allow your children to find the right answers on their own with the help of this very informative book. The great thing about this book is that it’s bee……続きを見る

I. Premier article. T. 8, 1832 II. Deuxième article. T. 4, 1833 IV. Sciences naturelles et arts mécaniques T. 4, 1833 V. Géographie, histoire T. 4, 1833 VI. Philosophie et religion T. 4, 1833 続きを見る

Extrait:  A. Lie-tzeu habitait un cottage, dans la principauté de Tcheng, depuis quarante ans, sans que personne  prît garde à lui ; sans que le prince, ses ministres et ses officiers, vis……続きを見る

During the Ming-Qing transition (roughly from the 1570s to the 1680s), literati-officials in China employed public forms of writing, art, and social spectacle to present positive moral images of the……続きを見る

Reveals the historical impact of dream rhetoric on Chinese modernity and nation-building Realism and the rhetoric of dreams intersected in modern Chinese literature from the May Fourth Era in the ea……続きを見る

This book is a critical study of ten postwar Japanese novels that focus on man's search for identity in the modern world. With the presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature to a Japanese author……続きを見る

A scathing critique of the global consumer culture that's bound to cause controversy among Western readers, Practical Ethics for Our Time argues that Japan's future success as a nation depends upon ……続きを見る

Samurai Tales is about the legendary men from the samurai class who fought for the helm of power in 19th century Japan. These are stories of courage, honor, fidelity, disgrace, fate, and destiny set……続きを見る

Professor Aston's A History of Japanese Literature has a permanent place on the bookshelves of all lovers of Japan. William George Aston, who pioneered in the translation of Japanese literature into……続きを見る

This samurai strategy books is the first widely available English translation of Yamamoto Kansuke's classic treatise on strategy and tactics. Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare is Thomas Cleary'……続きを見る

Japanese and Western Literature delves deeply into Japanese culture to discover the concepts that similarize and differentiate Japanese and Western literary creations. Paralleling Japanese literary ……続きを見る

ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura 1Q84 (Libro 1), del reconocido escritor japonés Haruki Murakami. En esta obra con ecos orwellianos, el autor nos presenta un mundo en ap……続きを見る

In the past hundred years, haiku has gone far beyond its Japanese origins to become a worldwide phenomenonーwith the classic poetic form growing and evolving as it has adapted to the needs of the wh……続きを見る

Li Po (701-762) is considered one of the greatest poets to live during the Tang dynastyーwhat was considered to be the golden age for Chinese poetry. He was also the first Chinese poet to become wel……続きを見る

The incomparable poetry of Han Shan (Cold Mountain) and his sidekick Shih Te, the rebel poets who became icons of Chinese poetry and Zen, has long captured the imagination of poetry lovers and Zen a……続きを見る

Written by court princesses, exiled officials, Zen priests, and recluses, the 150 poems translated here represent the rich diversity of Japan’s poetic tradition. Varying in tone from the sensuous an……続きを見る

Most educated Westerners are familiar with the thinkers and prophets who inform the Western spirit. But they are less familiar with the thinkers who have shaped the major oriental civilizations. The……続きを見る

This collection of essays reveals the dynamic role of the late Qing novel in the process of modernization of Chinese fiction. Substantial changes in various aspects of the Chinese novel at the turn ……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Le Shui hu zhuan (littéralement Récit des bords de l'eau) s'inspire de toute une tradition orale riche et diversifiée, mais aussi de ……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Le Heike Monogatari appartient au genre des chroniques guerrières, les gunki, tout comme le Hôgen Monogatari, « Récit (des troubles) ……続きを見る

Huang Fan burst onto Taiwan's literary scene in the 1980s, publishing pointed urban portraits and political satires that captured the reading public's attention. After decades of innovative work, he……続きを見る

Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) was one of Japan's greatest poets and translators from classical Japanese. Her output was extraordinary, including twenty volumes of poetry and the most popular translation ……続きを見る

Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and exploring the process that resulted in i……続きを見る

While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, the form had already flourished for more than four h……続きを見る

In recent years, three ancient manuscripts relating to the Yi jing (I Ching), or Classic of Changes, have been discovered. The earliestーthe Shanghai Museum Zhou Yiーdates to about 300 B.C.E. and sh……続きを見る