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Hardback. This collection offers a critical reexamination of the development and current status of comparative literature studies that engage the literary practices of both China and the West. In so doing, it attempts to refashion literary methodologies and cultural theories in Chinese studies. Editor(s): Zhang, Yingjin. Num Pages: 324 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731867
ISBN
9780804731867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.71

Paperback. This title provides a cultural history of "huaju" (modern Chinese drama) from 1966 to 1996. It is situated both in the context of Chinese literary and cultural history and in the context of comparative drama and theatre, cultural studies and critical issues relevant to national theatre worldwide. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJP; AN; DSBH; DSG; GTB; HBT; JFC; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824824839
ISBN
9780824824839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.62

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Wood, Amanda. Num Pages: 464 pages, 400. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1576.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145299
ISBN
9780231145299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.89

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Wood, Amanda. Num Pages: 216 pages, 140. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156233
ISBN
9780231156233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.52

Hardcover. This text presents a study of Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's novels, critical essays and poetry. It critically examines his work, arguing that it displays a dark, romantic voice and explores the problems of closure, the subversion of forms and narrative structures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824819811
ISBN
9780824819811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.45

hardcover. This is an imaginative evocation and analysis-through the medium of translations (the author's own) of once popular but now forgotten literature-of the variety of "stories" in terms of which the Chinese have interpreted their lives since the early years of the 19th century. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730907
ISBN
9780804730907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.06

Paperback. This is an imaginative evocation and analysis-through the medium of translations (the author's own) of once popular but now forgotten literature-of the variety of "stories" in terms of which the Chinese have interpreted their lives since the early years of the 19th century. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730914
ISBN
9780804730914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.67

hardcover. How colonialism profoundly influenced the emergence of Chinese science fiction Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Wesleyan United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819576675
ISBN
9780819576675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.68
€ 63.06

Paperback. How colonialism profoundly influenced the emergence of Chinese science fiction Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819576682
ISBN
9780819576682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. This publication is a large-scale application of Henning Andersen's theory of language and language change; a theory built on both C.S. Pierce's semiotic conceptual apparatus and the structural lingustics of Roman Jakobson, including his particular theory of distinctive features. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; CFF; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772884899
ISBN
9788772884899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. A reference guide to Cantonese as spoken by native speakers in Hong Kong. It presents a fresh description of the language, focusing on the real patterns of use in Cantonese. It is suitable for learners and users of Cantonese, irrespective of level, in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of different types. Series: Routledge Comprehensive Grammars. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2GDCC; CJB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415471312
ISBN
9780415471312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14,000+ entries. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDCC; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781813129
ISBN
9780781813129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.24

Hardback. This book significantly augments the academic literature on Cantonese verbal particles and their semantics, focusing on three affixal quantifiers, -saai, -hoi and -maai, and showing how these verbal suffixes display a unique interplay of syntax and semantics. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 254 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDCC; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2012
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400743861
ISBN
9789400743861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Editors of Hippocrene Books. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDCC; CBDX; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 96 x 17. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781812795
ISBN
9780781812795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Huffman, Franklin E.; Proum, Im. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: 2G; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877275237
ISBN
9780877275237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.57

Hardcover. During the 1980s and 1990s the crippled agent who fails to realise the humanist autonomy envisioned by post-Mao theorists remained a common subject of Chinese literature. Rong Cai studies the work of five contemporary writers and assesses the reasons for the popularity of this subject. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824827618
ISBN
9780824827618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.41
€ 61.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 42 pages, full-colour Chinese ink style illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; YFT; YFY. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 246 x 238 x 11. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Shanghai Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602209961
ISBN
9781602209961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.67

Paperback. The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841948
ISBN
9781603841948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. This textbook is designed for students of Chinese as a second/foreign language who have had three years of study at college. Focusing on topics of international business and foreign trade, the book offers advanced training in vocabulary, grammar, and rhetoric. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 260 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629960094
ISBN
9789629960094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 774. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CJB; KJ. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 19. Weight: 746.
Publisher
Cypress Book Co (40)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845700263
ISBN
9781845700263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.43

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