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The Bilingual Essays of Lin Yutang: Selected Bilingual Essays of Lin Yutang (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)
Lin Yutang
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Paperback. A collection of essays on the Chinese life and culture. It poses questions on the cultural turn of the time and on the role a Chinese intellectual assumed in translating his native culture to the West. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; 2GDC; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Lin Yutang's essays on Chinese society and culture were written in both Chinese and English and spanned the immensely influential decades of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
In this collection of his seminal work, Yutang confronts the rapid cultural developments of the era and the role that a Chinese intellectual must assume as he shares and translates his native country to the West. Known best for introducing "humour" into Chinese literature and culture, Yutang was a writer of great scholarly and popular interest, reflected in these engaging, substantial, and inspiring works.
Lin Yutang's essays on Chinese society and culture were written in both Chinese and English and spanned the immensely influential decades of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
In this collection of his seminal work, Yutang confronts the rapid cultural developments of the era and the role that a Chinese intellectual must assume as he shares and translates his native country to the West. Known best for introducing "humour" into Chinese literature and culture, Yutang was a writer of great scholarly and popular interest, reflected in these engaging, substantial, and inspiring works.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
ISBN
9789629964351
SKU
V9789629964351
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About Lin Yutang
Qian Suoquiao is assistant professor in the Department of Chinese, Translation, and Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong.
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