Suicidal Narrative in Modern Japan
Dazai Osamu (1909-1948) is one of Japan's most famous literary suicides, known as the earliest...
EAN: 9780691607832
How to Read the Chinese Novel
Fiction criticism has a long and influential history in pre-modern China, where critics would...
EAN: 9780691606712
Five Hundred Years of Chinese Poetry, 1150-1650
"Translation of Kaojirao Yoshikawa, Gen Min shi gaisetsu (Ch\AO\ugoku shijin sensh\O\u, Series 2,...
EAN: 9780691605487
Poetry and Poetics of Nishiwaki Junzaburo
This book offers an in-depth investigation into the writings of one of modern Japan's most gifted...
EAN: 9780691604855
Cultural Revolution and Overacting
This postmodern study of the Chinese Cultural Revolution examines the inner mechanism of the mass...
EAN: 9780739192900
Art of War
Providing the leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain,...
EAN: 9780141395845
First Thousand Words in Chinese
The classic Usborne word book as a bi-lingual Chinese (Mandarin)/English edition, illustrated by...
EAN: 9781409570387
Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary
EAN: 9780345405487
Teaching Chinese Literacy in the Early Years
EAN: 9780415841290
Developing Chinese EFL Learners' Generic Competence
This work investigates the development of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ generic...
EAN: 9783642548444
Authorship and Cultural Identity in Early Greece and China
In this book, Alexander Beecroft explores how the earliest poetry in Greece (Homeric epic and...
EAN: 9781107435483
Chinese Lyrics
Originally published in 1937, this book contains a selection of Chinese lyric poetry translated...
EAN: 9781107418615
Understanding the Chinese Language
This textbook provides a cohesive and comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics for all...
EAN: 9780415634885
Understanding the Chinese Language
This textbook provides a cohesive and comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics for all...
EAN: 9780415634861
Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
EAN: 9781570624162
Japanese
This comprehensive introduction to the Japanese language explores the Japanese lexicon,...
EAN: 9781107611474
Japanese
This comprehensive introduction to the Japanese language explores the Japanese lexicon,...
EAN: 9781107032774
Linguistic Strategies in Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism
Whilst focusing on language use, the study reveals some important truths about Daoist Zhuangzi...
EAN: 9780415868341
Chushingura and the Floating World
Since the 18th century Kanadehon Chushingura has been one of the most popular bunraku and kabuki...
EAN: 9781903350003
Syntax of Possession in Japanese
This dissertation investigates the syntax of possession in Japanese within the framework of the...
EAN: 9780415941624
Language Change in East Asia
This text adopts a wide focus on the range of East Asian languages, in both their pre-modern and...
EAN: 9780700713776
Japanese Names and How to Read Them
Long established as the standard reference tool for the identification of Japanese names on works...
EAN: 9780700703203
