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Hardback. The book is a collection of essays on translating various types of text (literary, religious, political, etc.) into and from Chinese. The focus is on how such translations have been produced and propagated from ancient to modern times, and their sociocultural impact on the evolution of Chinese history and Chinese translatology. Editor(s): Luo, Xuanmin; He, Yuanjian. Series: Topics in Translation. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847691873
- ISBN
- 9781847691873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.93
€ 169.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: 820 pages. BIC Classification: 2B; 2G; CF; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 197 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1598.
- Publisher
- Snow Lion Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780937938348
- ISBN
- 9780937938348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.98€ 72.46
€ 90.98
€ 72.46
Paperback. The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume. Editor(s): Brazell, Karen. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 253 x 28. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108737
- ISBN
- 9780231108737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.79
€ 49.99
€ 35.79
Hardback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 600 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157308
- ISBN
- 9780231157308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.52€ 100.95
€ 133.52
€ 100.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 600 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Abridged Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157315
- ISBN
- 9780231157315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.16
€ 46.99
€ 33.16
hardcover. In the Ming and Qing periods, the Chinese read fiction in editions with commentary printed on the same page. This book investigates the influence of traditional Chinese commentary on fiction and on the way Chinese fiction was written. Num Pages: 444 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3H; 3J; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727204
- ISBN
- 9780804727204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.82
€ 95.82
Basho (1644-94) is perhaps the best known Japanese poet in both Japan and the West, and this book establishes the ground for badly needed critical discussion of this critical figure by placing the works of Basho and his disciples in the context of broader social change. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JD; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730983
- ISBN
- 9780804730983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.36
€ 150.36
Paperback. Hanan has translated six of the twelve stories in the Sh'ier lou collection, which is the most famous individual collection of vernacular stories from premodern China. With Hanan's introduction and notes, and containing Li Yu's emphasis marks, notes, and critiques, this volume will interest students of Chinese literature and general readers alike. Translator(s): Hanan, Patrick. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DNF; DSBD; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113854
- ISBN
- 9780231113854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.39
€ 40.39
Paperback. Lippit offers the first book-length study in English of Japanese modernist fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement-Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi-Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125314
- ISBN
- 9780231125314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771443
- ISBN
- 9780804771443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.02
€ 130.02
Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032804
- ISBN
- 9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.20€ 55.70
€ 60.20
€ 55.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; 3JF; DSA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 263 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1872.
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024095
- ISBN
- 9780884024095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 48.53
€ 54.99
€ 48.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GDC; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231055307
- ISBN
- 9780231055307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.16€ 89.04
€ 118.16
€ 89.04
Hardback. This volume has a dual purpose. It aims to define the state of Japanese literary studies in the field of women's writing and to present cross-cultural interpretations of Japanese material of relevance to contemporary work in gender studies and comparative literature. Editor(s): Schalow, Paul; Walker, Janet A. Num Pages: 536 pages, 5 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 915.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804727228
- ISBN
- 9780804727228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.07
€ 102.07
Hardback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, B&W Photos: 14,. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164887
- ISBN
- 9780231164887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.71€ 63.42
€ 82.71
€ 63.42
Hardback. Editor(s): Lin, Shuen-fu. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638232
- ISBN
- 9780691638232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.06
€ 216.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Lin, Shuen-fu; Owen, Stephen. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610078
- ISBN
- 9780691610078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.99€ 50.75
€ 64.99
€ 50.75
The Uses of Memory: The Critique of Modernity in the Fiction of Higuch...
Timothy J. Van Compernolle
Hardback. Writer Higuchi Ichiyo has been described as a consummate stylist of classical prose. Drawing critical momentum from the dialogical theory of Mikhail Bakhtin, the author explores in five of her best-known stories how traditional rhetoric and literary devices are engaged with discourses associated with modernity within the pages of her narratives. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022720
- ISBN
- 9780674022720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.89
€ 45.99
€ 37.89
Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492004
- ISBN
- 9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.97
€ 54.99
€ 45.97
Hardback. For centuries, readers of Tao Qian have felt directly addressed by his poetic voice. This book revisits Tao's approach to his readers by attempting to situate it within the particular poetics of address that characterized the Six Dynasties classicist tradition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053212
- ISBN
- 9780674053212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.81
€ 45.99
€ 37.81