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  • The Gate

    Translated by William F. Sibley ...
    An NYRB Calssics OriginalA humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families’ consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sōsuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational ... Read more

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  • The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei

    Volume One: The Gathering

    by David Tod Roy ...
    Series series Princeton Library of Asian Translations
    In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a ... Read more

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  • The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon

    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls with its lively gossip, witty observations, and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so ... Read more

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  • Trauma, Dissociation and Re-enactment in Japanese Literature and Film

    by David Stahl ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    Japanese literature and film have frequently been approached using lenses such as language, genre and ideology. Yet, despite a succession of major social traumas that have marked, and in many ways shaped and defined much of modern Japan, Japanese fiction and cinema have not often been examined psychoanalytically.In this book, David Stahl conducts in-depth readings and interpretations of a set of ... Read more

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  • The Tale of Genji

    The Tale of Genji (源氏物語 Genji monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century. The original manuscript no longer exists. It was made in "concertina" or "orihon" style: several sheets of paper pasted together and folded alternately in one direction then the other, around the peak of the Heian ... Read more

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  • The Kojiki

    An Account of Ancient Matters

    Translated by Gustav Heldt ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new translation of this revered classic aims to make the Kojiki accessible to contemporary readers while ... Read more

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  • 解愛:重返莊子與詩歌經典,在愛裏獲得重生

    by 蔡璧名 ...
    Series series 美好生活
    後來,我們都忘記:一路追求的,應該是幸福熱銷超過三十萬冊《正是時候讀莊子》、《穴道導引》作者蔡璧名最新作品偕同莊子與詩歌一起前行,在濃如酒的愛裏,保有淡如水的心陳文茜(《文茜的世界周報》主持人)/唐綺陽(占星專家)/鄧惠文(榮格分析師、 精神科醫師)/洪仲清(臨床心理師)/盧廣仲(音樂鬼才)/陳綺貞(創作天后)/邢本寧(編劇、本事劇團團長)/簡光明(屏東大學人文社會學院院長)/許悔之(詩人、藝術家、有鹿文化社長)/肆一(作家)/宋怡慧(作家、丹鳳高中圖書館主任)/蔡淇華(作家)————真愛推薦在情愛的路上,任憑自己跟著感覺走。感覺對了,就愛上了,就朝思暮想、無法自拔了。但,愛是什麼?如何追求、如何面對、如何放下?從小到大沒人教懂我們,卻牽引整整一生。作者蔡璧名開設的《莊子》系列課程,在臺大校園裡,總是座無虛席。其實... ... Read more

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  • Translation/re-Creation

    Southwest Chinese Naxi Manuscripts in the West

    Series series Routledge Studies in Chinese Comparative Literature and Culture
    This book is a study of European-language translations of Naxi ritual manuscripts, the ritual literature of a small ethnic group living in southwest China’s Yunnan Province.The author discusses the translations into European languages (in English, French and German) from the late nineteenth century to the second half of the twentieth century, revealing a history of fragmentary yet interconnected ... Read more

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  • 梨花带雨:生旦净末丑的乾坤

    by 谭帆, 徐坤著 ...
    本书以“人”为纲,选取自先秦至晚清具有代表性的二十名演员为个案,对其生平和艺术创作详加描述,同时也以点带面地介绍了优伶及其相关文化艺术的诸多方面。 ... Read more

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  • Mencius

    A New Translation Arranged and Annotated For The General Reader

    Series series Heritage
    Most educated Westerners are familiar with the thinkers and prophets who inform the Western spirit. But they are less familiar with the thinkers who have shaped the major oriental civilizations. The heirs of these ancient civilizations are now once again in the ascendant. We must understand the ways and thoughts that condition their conduct. The Works of Mencius provides an admirable insight into ... Read more

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  • Writing Beijing

    Urban Spaces and Cultural Imaginations in Contemporary Chinese Literature and Films

    by Yiran Zheng ...
    One of the oldest cities in the world, Beijing was an imperial capital for centuries. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Beijing became not only the political center of the new communist country, but also the signifier of socialist ideol-ogy and revolutionary culture. Now, in the 21st century, Beijing embodies global conflicts and global connections. Over the course of ... Read more

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  • Lu Hsün and his Predecessors

    by V. I. Semanov ...
    Translated by Charles J. Alber ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1980, Alber’s translation of Semanov’s study aimed to contribute to the studies of Chinese literature and the knowledge of Lu Hsün’s work to an English-speaking reader. Lu Hsün was an influential democrat and humanist in early twentieth Century China and his work had a great influence on literature in China. Semanov therefore attempted to place his life and work in the ... Read more

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  • Tokyo

    Memory, Imagination, and the City

    Tokyo: Memory, Imagination, and the City is a collection of eight essays that explore Tokyo urban space from the perspective of memory in works of the imagination—novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and films. Written by scholars of Japanese studies based in England, Germany, Japan, and the United States, the book focuses on texts produced in Japan since the 1980s. The closing years of the ... Read more

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  • Imagining China in Tokugawa Japan

    Legends, Classics, and Historical Terms

    by Wai-ming Ng ...
    Pioneering study of the localization of Chinese culture in early modern Japan, using legends, classics, and historical terms as case studies.While current scholarship on Tokugawa Japan (1603–1868) tends to see China as either a model or "the Other," Wai-ming Ng's pioneering and ambitious study offers a new perspective by suggesting that Chinese culture also functioned as a collection of "cultural ... Read more

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  • 文学的真谛:王元骧文艺学文选

    by 王元骧著 ...
    为展示中国当代文艺学理论的总体实力和水平,集中体现当代中国文艺理论家的理论观点,供读者学习、研究,我社策划出版一套丛书,内容为中国当代文艺学大家的代表性理论思想及研究文章,以期对文艺学思想的创造性成果进行总结,对文艺学的理论价值进行建构。本丛书共十册,拟于2019年整套推出。选定人员也是在这方面有突出成就的专家、学者,有钱谷融、童庆炳、徐中玉、钱中文、王元骧、陆贵山、李衍柱、孙绍振、刘再复和陈伯海10人。 ... Read more

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  • 乾隆朝文人戏曲研究(全二册)

    《乾隆朝文人戏曲研究》全书70余万字,分上下卷。上卷“乾隆朝文人戏曲研究”,共十三章,全面探讨乾隆朝文人戏曲的文化生态、作家情况、创作心态、剧作题材、剧本体制、叙事艺术及舞台艺术等内容,并对唐英、蒋士铨、杨潮观、徐爔、沈起凤等人的剧作进行个案分析,附乾隆朝文人戏曲活动编年。下卷“乾隆朝文人戏曲作家作品考”为乾隆时期文人戏曲作家名录,主要考证作家生平事迹,并介绍乾隆朝文人创作的具有文学意义的剧本,详考剧本创作时间、本事渊源、今存剧本内容及版本,力图提供较为全面的信息。 ... Read more

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  • Sōseki

    Modern Japan's Greatest Novelist

    by John Nathan ...
    Series series Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture
    Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916) was the father of the modern novel in Japan, chronicling the plight of bourgeois characters caught between familiar modes of living and the onslaught of Western values and conventions. Yet even though generations of Japanese high school students have been expected to memorize passages from his novels and he is routinely voted the most important Japanese writer in ... Read more

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  • Chinese Modern

    The Heroic and the Quotidian

    Series series Post-Contemporary Interventions
    Chinese Modern examines crucial episodes in the creation of Chinese modernity during the turbulent twentieth century. Analyzing a rich array of literary, visual, theatrical, and cinematic texts, Xiaobing Tang portrays the cultural transformation of China from the early 1900s through the founding of the People’s Republic, the installation of the socialist realist aesthetic, the collapse of the idea ... Read more

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  • 山寨屈原

    Imitation of Qu Yuan

    《山寨屈原》是一部关于陈炎文(1914─1976)的传记小说。陈炎文是中国民国时期的桂东学人、工程教育者,曾参与抗日战争期间的国防建设,后因政治迫害被划为"极右分子",最终在政治浩劫后期自尽。作者陈焱斌通过将陈炎文与古代屈原模拟,指出二人在价值取向、爱国情操、蒙难经历等方面高度相似,以此揭示历史中的某些"非常史事"。书名"山寨屈原"意在强调这种仿效性的对比。陈炎文(公元1914 ~ 公元1976)中国民国时期桂东学人、工程教育者。出生于广西梧州岑溪,少年时接受传统教育及西式教育,勤勉自律,探是求索。青年时就读于上海交通大学土木工程学系。抗日战争时期参加国防交通建设及中美空军机场修建。改朝后任教于广西大学土木建筑系,后转任江麓大学中南土木建筑学院公路工程教研组主任。因其言莫名触怒当局而遭受政治迫害,被打成"极右分子"监督劳动改造19年。政治浩劫后期,深感昭雪无望,自殁于江南潭州汐江,以身殉道 ... Read more

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  • 中國文學軌跡:文學史微觀

    by 許斌 ...
    本書以歷史為線索,探究中國文學發展的軌跡。從周秦時期的文學風貌開始,透過對不同時代文學作品的解讀和分析,呈現了中國文學在不同朝代的變遷和演變。在書中,讀者可以深入了解周秦、漢魏、兩晉南北朝、隋唐五代、宋遼金、元明清等各個時期的文學特色和代表作品。透過對文學作品背後歷史背景的解構,讓讀者更容易理解文學作品與時代背景之間的關聯,深入探討文學對中國歷史和文化的影響。 ... Read more

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  • Literary Lectures

    by BI Feiyu ...
    This book is a collection of lectures on literature given in top universities in China by Bi Feiyu, one of the country's best known writers. From the perspective of a novelist, the author revisits and interprets classic works by renowned writers, aiming to illuminate what constitutes a classic.The lectures explore works of classical and modern Chinese literature such as A Dream of Red Mansions, ... Read more

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  • 魏晋南北朝文学名作欣赏

    本书是一部名家赏析魏晋南北朝文学经典著作的文学普及读物,详细解读了魏晋南北朝文学中很具代表性的作家及其经典作品,包括曹、曹植、蔡琰、王粲、鲍照、谢灵运、陶渊明、阮籍、嵇康、江淹、向秀、谢灵运、陆机、王羲之、郦道元等,作者均为专力于文学研究与欣赏的学术界、界知名人士,如施蛰存、吴小如、王富仁、周振甫、金志仁、伍夫楹、张永鑫、傅正谷等。所辑篇目,都是有生命力、有影响力,曾得到广泛的很好赏析文章,被赏析文章,亦为认可的名篇,引导读者从更宽泛的背景、更专业的角度欣赏文学名篇、感受名篇魅力,是一本很好的了解、欣赏魏晋南北朝文学的普及读物。 ... Read more

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  • Intertextuality in the English Translations of San Guo Yan Yi

    by Wenqing Peng ...
    Series series China Perspectives
    San Guo Yan Yi is one of the best-known classic Chinese novels in the English-speaking world. The earliest English translation came out in 1820, while a range of further translations have been produced over the past two hundred years. How do the different versions relate to each other?This volume examines the intertextual relations between the English translations of San Guo Yan Yi. ... Read more

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  • 牧齋初論集

    by 嚴志雄 ...
    明清之際,錢謙益(牧齋,1582–1664)以詩文、議論雄於時,執文壇牛耳達五十年之久,影響當時後世文學、學術發展既深且遠。惟錢氏於明季以東林黨魁交結馬、阮,又於南明弘光朝土崩瓦解之際,以禮部尚書之身率眾降清,後又出仕清室,淪為「貳臣」,因而後之論錢氏者,多著眼於其人之人格操守及政治舉措。至於錢氏詩文之特色及成就等方面的研究,至今仍嚴重不足。   本書作者為明清詩文研究名家,長期鑽研牧齋詩文,著述豐富,此前已出版研究錢謙益之中英文專著各一部。本書命名為《牧齋初論集—詩文、生命、身後名》,聚焦於錢謙益研究多個重要課題,如:錢氏攻排竟陵派鍾、譚與明末清初「文化生產場域」中權力變化消長的關係;錢氏與後輩詩人王士禛所謂「代興」的實質內涵;錢氏與一代名妓柳如是的愛情事件與「情欲詩學」;錢氏與其族曾孫、門人錢曾生前死後的恩與怨;錢氏文學遺產在清代、民初的傳播、接受史及其曲折的經典化歷程等。本書在詮釋 ... Read more

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