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Review of Japanese Literature is a compelling collection of essays that delves into twelve of the most influential and celebrated works in Japanese literary history. From the classical grandeur of T……続きを見る

Review of Chinese Literature offers a comprehensive analysis of twelve of the most iconic and influential works in the Chinese literary tradition. This collection of essays explores the deep cultura……続きを見る

What does it mean to write in a socialist revolution? What defines labor in a communist society? In revolutionary China, writers were regularly dispatched to the countryside or factories with the ex……続きを見る

"Bakemono Yashiki," written by James S. De Benneville, is an intriguing exploration of traditional Japanese ghost stories known as "kaidan." Some stories are brutal and weird, while others creep up ……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

本書從不同時期、文化層次、文本生產切入，探討日常生活中，被視為小道的戲曲、飲食等文化行為，與主流、正統文化碰撞後生發的種種文化意義。借重多位不同背景學者的研究考察，《小道可觀》旨在對米歇爾．賽托（Mi……続きを見る

Via a hermeneutics focused on Chinese numerology and concentric arrangements, this book offers a novel construal of the textual universe proper to early China writings. The author lays bare distingu……続きを見る

This book takes the unique approach of combining cognitive approaches with more established close-reading methods in analysing a selection of Japanese novels and a film. They are by four well-known ……続きを見る

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

In "A History of Chinese Literature," Herbert Allen Giles provides a comprehensive examination of the evolution of literary forms from ancient to modern China. Written in a clear and engaging prose ……続きを見る

A History of Chinese Literature is THE classic introduction to Chinese literature, which has given to the world exquisite poetry and such classics as Monkey, The Analects of Confucius, the works of ……続きを見る

"Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot", de Aloysius Bertrand. Publié par e-artnow. e-artnow publie un large éventail d'ouvrages, où sont inclus tous les genres litté……続きを見る

The classic Chinese novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan) tells the story of a band of outlaws in twelfth-century China and their insurrection against the corrupt imperial court. Imported into Japan……続きを見る

How can literary forms fashion a nation? Though genres such as the novel and newspaper have been credited with shaping a national imagination and a sense of community, during the rapid modernization……続きを見る

Can novels contribute to the ethical lives of readers? What responsibilities might they bear in representing others? Are we ethically accountable for how we read fiction? This study takes up modern ……続きを見る

Kojiki ("Record of Ancient Matters") is the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century (711-2) and composed by O no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Gemmei. The Kojiki is ……続きを見る

Xuanzang (600/602–664) was one of the most accomplished and consequential monks in the history of East Asian Buddhism. Celebrated for his sixteen-year pilgrimage from China to India, his transmissio……続きを見る

Little is known about the boy detective in Japanese detective fiction despite his popularity. Who is he, and what mysteries does he unveil about cultural understandings of youth in Japanese society?……続きを見る

Examines the intersections between forgetting and remembering in classical Chinese civilization. The Craft of Oblivion is an innovative and groundbreaking volume that aims to study, for the first ti……続きを見る

While most people associate Japanese film with modern directors like Akira Kurosawa, Japan’s cinema has a rich tradition going back to the silent era. Japan’s "pure film movement" of the 1910s is wi……続きを見る

Read here one of the four great classics of Chinese Literature, Hung Lou Meng: Dream of the Red Chamber, BOOK II The novel follows the loves and troubles of Chia Pao-Yu, heir to the Chia clan as the……続きを見る

This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi ('pear garden theatre'), heir and current expression of one of China's oldest unbroken xiqu ('Chinese opera')……続きを見る

Murakami Haruki, Ogawa Yoko, Tawada Yoko, Kanai Mieko, Hino Keizo, Murakami Ryu, Kawakami Hiromi, Murata Sayaka... These acclaimed authors are united by a shared fascination with fantastical concept……続きを見る

This volume of essays and translations analyzes the prodigious and wide-ranging output of Keijiro Suga. Based in Japan, Keijiro Suga's works are wide-ranging and multilingual. His volumes of poetry ……続きを見る

La critica letteraria e la saggistica riguardante temi legati alla pratica creativa costituiscono due voci importanti nella letteratura giapponese moderna. Da Natsume Sōseki e Tanizaki Jun'ichirō ad……続きを見る

Contemporary Japanese horror is deeply rooted in the folklore of its culture, with fairy tales-like ghost stories embedded deeply into the social, cultural, and religious fabric. Ever since the emer……続きを見る

Traveling Texts and the Work of Afro-Japanese Cultural Production analyzes the complex conversations taking place in texts of all sorts traveling between Africans, African Diasporas, and Japanese ac……続きを見る

Ecocriticism is a mode of interdisciplinary critical inquiry into the relationship between cultural production, society, and the environment. The field advocates for the more-than-human realm as wel……続きを見る

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

The classic Chinese novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan) tells the story of a band of outlaws in twelfth-century China and their insurrection against the corrupt imperial court. Imported into Japan……続きを見る