Oriental Literature

Oriental Literature
Author: Epiphanius Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781406549706

Comprehensive collection of the most interesting and popular works from Arabia: The Romance of Antar, a large collection of poetry, and of course, the Arabian Nights; the Seven Voyages of Sinbad and Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp.

Oriental Literature

Oriental Literature
Author: Richard James Horatio Gottheil
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-05-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781358679810

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The Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature

The Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature
Author: Victor H. Mair
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 780
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780231119986

This shorter anthology retains the characteristics of the original in that it is arranged according to genre rather than chronology and interprets "literature" very broadly to include not just literary fiction, poetry, and drama, but folk and popular literature, lyrics and arias, elegies and rhapsodies, biographies, autobiographies and memoirs, letters, criticism and theory, and travelogues and jokes. It also contains fresh translations by newer voices in the field.

None but the Nightingale

None but the Nightingale
Author: Margaret Thiele
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release: 1996-06-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1462912753

This classic introduction to the Chinese literature is a fundamental step towards the West's understanding of the rich literary legacy of China. Readable, condensed, entertaining, the selections contained in this book belong to enduring world literature; the "Great Society" envisioned by Confucius; the "Fireside Chats" of K'ang Hei; the supercilious letter of the Emperor Ch'ien Lung to King George of England; the "Memorial: on the Bone of Buddha”; the imaginative lines of the poets. The wit and wisdom of China dispel time and distance and bring East and West together as the heart and soul of a great people is revealed in their stories, anecdotes, essays, and poems. Here is a close-up view of the educational system, home life, and government of old China as found in their own writings, with personal glimpses of some of the great--the emperors bathing in their crystal pools, of Lao Tzu in his library, and Confucius in his fur-lined underwear.

The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature (1000 BCE-900 CE)

The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature (1000 BCE-900 CE)
Author: Wiebke Denecke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2017
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0199356599

This handbook of Classical Chinese literature from 1000 bce through 900 ce aims to provide a solid introduction to the field, inspire scholars in Chinese Studies to explore innovative conceptual frameworks and pedagogical approaches in the studying and teaching of classical Chinese literature, and facilitate a comparative dialogue with scholars of premodern East Asia and other classical and medieval literary traditions around the world. The handbook integrates issue-oriented, thematic, topical, and cross-cultural approaches to the classical Chinese literary heritage with historical perspectives. It introduces both literature and institutions of literary culture, in particular court culture and manuscript culture, which shaped early and medieval Chinese literary production.