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Hardback. Offers a study of Japanese cultural expression. This title reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility - present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings - helped create an 'aesthetic of fascism' in the years leading up to World War II. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJF; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245051
- ISBN
- 9780520245051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.84€ 65.19
€ 82.84
€ 65.19
Hardcover. By approaching May Fourth from novel perspectives, the authors of the eight studies in this volume seek to contribute to the ongoing critique of the movement. Editor(s): Dolezelova-Velingerova, Milena; Kral, Oldrich. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 374 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; JFC; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007864
- ISBN
- 9780674007864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.78
€ 49.99
€ 41.78
Paperback. Capturing the literary quality of "The Art of War", this book presents the core text in two different formats. It allows readers to form their own first impressions of the ancient words of wisdom ascribed to Sun-tzu. It includes an introduction, chronologies, suggested readings, and other apparatus. Translator(s): Minford, John. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105756
- ISBN
- 9780143105756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. A collection of short, introspective poems known as sijo--a form unique to Korea. They are skillfully translated by Korean scholar, Richard Rutt Editor(s): Rutt, Richard. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472085583
- ISBN
- 9780472085583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.78
€ 42.99
€ 38.78
Hardcover. Begins with three case studies, each of which probes one facet of the relationship between women and fiction in the early 19th Century. This book examines in turn the prefaces written by four women for a novel about women; the activities of a woman editor and writer of fiction; and writings on fiction by three leading literary women. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021464
- ISBN
- 9780674021464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 46.06
€ 53.99
€ 46.06
Hardcover. A panoramic vision of the Chinese literary landscape across the twentieth century. Editor(s): Huang, Yunte. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239485
- ISBN
- 9780393239485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.85
€ 43.99
€ 39.85
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629964351
- ISBN
- 9789629964351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804717199
- ISBN
- 9780804717199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. An exception to the rule that the first-rank poets in premodern China were men, the woman poet Li Qingzhao (1084-1150s) occupies a crucial place in Chinese literature. The author challenges conventional thinking about Li, examining how critics tried to accommodate her to cultural norms from late imperial times into the twentieth century. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726697
- ISBN
- 9780674726697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.28€ 54.76
€ 58.28
€ 54.76
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: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841955
- ISBN
- 9781603841955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.49€ 41.88
€ 52.49
€ 41.88
Hardback. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 258 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512253
- ISBN
- 9781137512253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Hardcover. Focusing on its adaptation in the Chinese context, Catherine Vance Yeh traces the rise of the political novel to international renown between the 1830s and the 1910s. Yeh explores in detail the tensions characteristic of transcultural processes, among them the dynamics through which a particular, and seemingly local, literary genre goes global. Num Pages: 441 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504356
- ISBN
- 9780674504356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.28€ 54.73
€ 58.28
€ 54.73
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228690
- ISBN
- 9780823228690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.58
€ 29.58
Hardback. Editor(s): Chen, Xiaomei. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165020
- ISBN
- 9780231165020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.17€ 107.87
€ 141.17
€ 107.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Chen, Xiaomei. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165037
- ISBN
- 9780231165037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 39.32
€ 49.00
€ 39.32
Hardback. Also includes historical, critical commentaries. Editor(s): Rimer, J. Thomas; Mori, Mitsuya; Poulton, M. Cody. Num Pages: 736 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 257 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1484.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128308
- ISBN
- 9780231128308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.67€ 63.74
€ 81.67
€ 63.74
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature. From Restoration...
Rimer, J. Thomas; Gessel, Van C.
Paperback. Offers translations of classic texts by such celebrated writers as Nagai Kafu, Shimazaki Toson, Natsume Soseki, Kawabata Yasunari, and Yosano Akiko. This book features selections that reflect the major political, social, and intellectual changes of the period, including exposure to Western ideas and literature, the rise of nationalism, and more. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 888 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 888
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118613
- ISBN
- 9780231118613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 40.07
€ 49.00
€ 40.07
Paperback. Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume. Editor(s): Mair, Victor H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 1376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074292
- ISBN
- 9780231074292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.67€ 68.45
€ 81.67
€ 68.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Hsia, C. T.; Li, Wai-yee; Kao, George. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122672
- ISBN
- 9780231122672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.45
€ 45.99
€ 33.45
Hardback. Editor(s): Hsia, C. T.; Li, Wai-yee; Kao, George. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122665
- ISBN
- 9780231122665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.84€ 101.89
€ 131.84
€ 101.89