an introduction to literary chinese

Very Short Introductions: Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China and China s survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story... more

The A to Z Guide Series: The A to Z of Modern Chinese Literature (Paperback)

The A to Z of Modern Chinese Literature presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. It offers a chronology introduction bibliography and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors literary and... more

Introduction to the Talmud. Historical and literary introduction. Legal hermeneutics of the Talmud. Talmudical terminology and methodology. Outline of Talmudical ethics. 1894 [Leat

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The works of Li Po the Chinese poet done into English verse by Shigeyoshi Obata; with an introduction and biographical and critical matter translated from the Chinese. 1922 [LEATHER BOUND]

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The works of Li Po the Chinese poet done into English verse by Shigeyoshi Obata; with an introduction and biographical and cricital matter translated from the Chinese. 1923 [Leat

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Introductions to Chinese Culture: Chinese Music (Paperback)

Unique and complex in style traditional Chinese music forms a fascinating part of China s cultural heritage. This accessible illustrated introduction to Chinese music takes the reader through the 8000-year history of China s musical instruments the... more

A list of books and articles chiefly bibliographical designed to serve as an introduction to the bibliography and methods of English literary history. 1920 [Leather Bound]

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Studies in Irish history 1649-1775; being a course of lectures delivered before the Irish literary society of London with an introduction by R. Barry O Brien. (1903) [Leatherbound]

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Training in literary appreciation : an introduction to criticism / by F.H. Pritchard. (1923) [Leatherbound]

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Holbein s dance of death with an historical and literary introduction (1849) [Leatherbound]

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The poems of Thomas Davis / with notes historical illustrations etc. and an introduction by John Mitchel. Literary and historical essays / by Thomas Davis. 1899 [Leather Bound]

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The poems of Thomas Davis / with notes historical illustrations etc. and an introduction by John Mitchel. Literary and historical essays / by Thomas Davis (1899) [Leatherbound]

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An introduction to the literary history of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries (1798) [Leatherbound]

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An Introduction to Bibliography for Literary Students (Paperback - Used) 1884718019 9781884718014

An Introduction to Bibliography for Literary Students by McKerrow Ronald Brunlees more

Biblia anagrammatica or The anagramatic Bible : a literary curiosity gathered from unexplored sources and from books of the greatest rarity ... : with a general introduction and a special

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Strictures on the ecclesiastical and literary history of Ireland: : from the most ancient times till the introduction of the Roman ritual and the establishment of papal supremacy

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Pre-Owned Beginning Theory : An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory 9780719043260

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An introduction to the study of English literature and literary criticism : Designed for the use of schools seminaries colleges and universities. Volume v.2 1883 [Leather Bound]

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Literary pamphlets chiefly relating to poetry from Sidney to Byron: selected and arranged with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys .... Volume 2 (1897) [Leatherbound]

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Essays: selected from the writings literary political and religious of Joseph Mazzini. Republished and edited with an introduction by William Clarke. (1887) [LeatherBound]

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Literary pamphlets chiefly relating to poetry from Sidney to Byron: selected and arranged with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys .... Volume 1 (1897) [Leatherbound]

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Strictures on the ecclesiastical and literary history of Ireland: : from the most ancient times till the introduction of the Roman ritual and the establishment of papal supremacy by Henry II. King

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The Dawn of Chinese civilization / papers of the Literary Department of the American Woman s Club [Shanghai]. (1923) [LeatherBound]

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Chinese Jews : a lecture delivered at the Jews College Literary Society Queen Square House London on June 17 1900 / by Marcus N. Adler (1900) [Leatherbound]

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Introductions to Chinese Culture: China s Cultural Relics (Paperback)

China is the birthplace of one of the world s most ancient civilisations and an immense quantity and variety of cultural relics have been preserved on China s vast territory. Utilising a wealth of archaeological evidence China s Cultural Relics... more

Introduction to the study of the Chinese characters. By J. Edkins ... Volume 2 (1876) [Leatherbound]

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Laozi Dao de jing Chinese-English with introduction transliteration and notes Volume copy 3 (1898) [Leatherbound]

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The philosophy of Wang Yang-ming translated from the Chinese by Frederick Goodrich Henke ... introduction by James H. Tufts. (1916) [Leatherbound]

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An introduction to the study of Chinese painting by Arthur Waley ... Volume c.3 1923 [LEATHER BOUND]

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Pre-Owned Chinese Chess : An Introduction to China s Ancient Game of Strategy 9780804835084

Chinese chess or elephant chess has intrigued the powerful and the quizzical for centuries. Although itsrules are similar to the well-known Western game subtle and fascinating variations must be mastered in order to understand the strategies it... more

China s Imperial Past : An Introduction to Chinese History and Culture 9780804708876 Used / Pre-owned

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Pre-Owned Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century: 2 (Introduction to Asian Civilizations) Paperback

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Pre-owned China s Imperial Past : An Introduction to Chinese History and Culture Paperback by Hucker Charles O. ISBN 0804723532 ISBN-13 9780804723534

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Pre-Owned From Moon Cakes to Mao Modern China: An Introduction Chinese Civilization Hardcover Zhu Fayuan Wu Qixin Xia Hanning Gao Han

To understand China we need to step into the palace of her culture and explore her rich history. With this in mind a group of scholars from China and America have put this book together as a primer on all things China from art and science to religion... more

Pre-Owned From Moon Cakes to Mao to Modern China: An Introduction to Chinese Civilization (Paperback 9781627740333) by Zhu Fayuan Wu Qixin Gao Han

9781627740333. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 304. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. To understand China we need to step into the palace of her culture and explore her rich... more

Harry Quelch : literary remains / edited with a biographical introduction by E. Belfort Bax (1914) [Leatherbound]

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Very Short Introductions: The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)

China s decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of China and the world. Even as we approach its fiftieth anniversary the movement remains so contentious that the Chinese Communist Party still forbids fully open... more

Contemporary Chinese Studies: Resisting Manchukuo : Chinese Women Writers and the Japanese Occupation (Paperback)

The first book in English on women s history in twentieth-century Manchuria Resisting Manchukuo adds to a growing literature that challenges traditional understandings of Japanese colonialism. Norman Smith reveals the literary world of... more