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The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel

Author : Andrew H. Plaks
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400843936
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel written by Andrew H. Plaks and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Plaks reinterprets the great texts of Chinese fiction known as the "Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel" (ssu ta ch'i-shu). Arguing that these are far more than collections of popular narratives, Professor Plaks shows that their fullest recensions represent a sophisticated new genre of Chinese prose fiction arising in the late Ming dynasty, especially in the sixteenth century. He then analyzes these radical transformations of prior source materials, which reflect the values and intellectual concerns of the literati of the period. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Masterworks of English Prose

Author : John Lewis Bradley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masterworks of English Prose written by John Lewis Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Masterworks of World Literature

Author : Calvin Brown
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 908 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masterworks of World Literature written by Calvin Brown and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching

Author : Barbara Stoler Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315484595
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching written by Barbara Stoler Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 46 essays by specialists in Asian literature, who offer a wide range of possibilities for introducing Asian literature to English-speaking students. It is intended to help in promoting multicultural education.

The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel

Author : Andrew H. Plaks
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691273502
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel written by Andrew H. Plaks and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2025-03-11 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new interpretation of some of the great works of Chinese fiction of the late Ming dynasty In this book, Andrew Plaks reinterprets the great texts of Chinese fiction known as the “Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel” (ssu ta ch'i-shu). Arguing that these are far more than collections of popular narratives, Plaks shows that their fullest critical revisions represent a sophisticated new genre of Chinese prose fiction arising in the late Ming dynasty, especially in the sixteenth century. He then analyzes these radical transformations of prior source materials, which reflect the values and intellectual concerns of the literati of the period.

Masterworks of World Literature

Author : Edwin M. Everett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780030798559
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Masterworks of World Literature written by Edwin M. Everett and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Obscene Things

Author : Naifei Ding
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383446
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Obscene Things written by Naifei Ding and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-18 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Obscene Things Naifei Ding intervenes in conventional readings of Jin Ping Mei, an early scandalous Chinese novel of sexuality and sexual culture. After first appearing around 1590, Jin Ping Mei was circulated among some of China’s best known writers of the time and subsequently was published in three major recensions. A 1695 version by Zhang Zhupo became the most widely read and it is this text in particular on which Ding focuses. Challenging the preconceptions of earlier scholarship, she highlights the fundamental misogyny inherent in Jin Ping Mei and demonstrates how traditional biases—particularly masculine biases—continue to inform the concerns of modern criticism and sexual politics. The story of a seductive bondmaid-concubine, sexual opportunism, domestic intrigue, adultery and death, Jin Ping Mei has often been critiqued based on the coherence of the text itself. Concentrating instead on the processes of reading and on the social meaning of this novel, Ding looks at the various ways the tale has been received since its first dissemination, particularly by critiquing the interpretations offered by seventeenth-century Ming literati and by twentieth-century scholars. Confronting the gender politics of this “pornographic” text, she troubles the boundaries between premodern and modern readings by engaging residual and emergent Chinese gender and hierarchic ideologies.

Christmas Poems

Author : John Hollander
Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 : 0375407898
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book Christmas Poems written by John Hollander and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 1999-10-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is both a holiday and a holy day, and from the start it has been associated with poetry, from the song of the seraphim above the manger to the cherished carols around the punch bowl. This garland of Christmas poems contains not only the ones you would insist on finding here ("A Visit from St. Nicholas," "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming," and "The Twelve Days of Christmas" among them) but such equally enchanting though lesser-known Yuletide treasures as Emily Dickinson's "The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman," Anthony Hecht's "Christmas Is Coming," Rudyard Kipling's "Christmas in India," Langston Hughes's "Shepherd's Song at Christmas," Robert Graves's "The Christmas Robin," and happy surprises like Phyllis McGinley's "Office Party," Dorothy Parker's "The Maid-Servant at the Inn," and Philip Larkin's "New Year Poem."

Masterworks of Technology

Author : E. E. Lewis
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 161592339X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Masterworks of Technology written by E. E. Lewis and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this absorbing exploration of technological creativity throughout the ages, E. E. Lewis, professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern University, eloquently tells the story of how science and engineering-which had little in common until a few hundred years ago-came together to create the technological world of the 21st century.Today's technology is the product of a fascinating synergy of science's search for comprehension of the material universe and engineering's drive to build things and make them work. In the 20th century this synergy achieved many unprecedented successes, the most spectacular of which is arguably the first moon landing of the Apollo program. Rocket science, now symbolic of humanity's most complex technological endeavors, is the culmination of centuries of achievements by architects of pyramids and cathedrals, medieval craft guilds, and pioneering inventors and scientists from the Renaissance through the Industrial Revolution.Melding his own personal experiences-from visiting Chartres Cathedral to flying aboard a Boeing 777-with vivid historical vignettes, the author skillfully demonstrates the importance of craft tradition, scientific method, production organization, economics, and more to the creation of modern technology. The many topics that Lewis illuminates include the slow evolution of the wheelwright's craft, the background and training of the architect-engineers who undertook the construction of medieval cathedrals, the importance of patronage and venture capitalists in realizing the big ideas of past and present, the increasing use of visualization as seen in Leonardo's notebooks, Galileo's immense contribution of bringing science and engineering together, the increasing importance of basic science as the seedbed of engineering and design innovations, the challenge of attempting unprecedented feats while minimizing risk as exemplified by space flight, and much more.Whether Lewis is discussing the distribution of weight along flying buttresses, the challenges faced by Morse in engineering the telegraph, or the Apollo program's monumental team effort, the author's deep knowledge of and enthusiasm for his subject and his gift for engaging, lively prose make for a fascinating exploration of science and engineering through the ages.E. E. Lewis (Evanston, IL), the former chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is professor of mechanical engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. He is the author of three engineering textbooks and numerous journal articles.

The Cambridge History of American Literature: Volume 3, Prose Writing, 1860-1920

Author : Sacvan Bercovitch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521301077
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of American Literature: Volume 3, Prose Writing, 1860-1920 written by Sacvan Bercovitch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-volume history of American literature.

English Inside and Out

Author : English Institute
Publisher : Other
ISBN 13 : 9780415906678
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book English Inside and Out written by English Institute and published by Other. This book was released on 1993 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid diverse theoretical debates about the canon in the media and in academia, in "English Inside and Out" leading proponents of literary studies take a close look at the discipline and the profession and envisage its future.

Ogyu Sorai's Philosophical Masterworks

Author : John A. Tucker
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824841387
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Ogyu Sorai's Philosophical Masterworks written by John A. Tucker and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ogyû Sorai (1666–1728) was one of the greatest philosophers of early modern Japan. This volume, a monumental work of scholarship, offers for the first time in any Western language unabridged and fully annotated translations of Sorai’s masterpieces. The Bendô (Distinguishing the Way) and Benmei (Distinguishing Names) are works of political philosophy that define the theoretical foundation for a leadership exercising total power, the best remedy, in Sorai’s view, for a regime in crisis. The translations are based on the 1740 (Genbun 5) woodblock edition, the first major edition of these seminal texts published during the Tokugawa period. In his commentary, John Tucker situates the Bendô and Benmei in relation to Neo-Confucianism via what is known as "philosophical lexicography." This genre, which links Sorai’s thinking with Neo-Confucianism, is traced to the early-thirteenth-century Song dynasty text the Xingli ziyi (The Meanings of Neo-Confucian Terms) by Chen Beixi (1159–1223). Although Sorai was an unrelenting critic the Neo-Confucian formulations of the great Song synthesizer Zhu Xi (1130–1200), his thinking remained, due to its genre, methodology, and conceptual repertory, essentially a radical revision of Neo-Confucian discourse. Tucker’s introduction also examines the reception of Sorai’s two Ben during the remainder of the Tokugawa, calling attention to radical tendencies in later developments of Sorai’s thought as well as to the increasingly scathing critiques of his "Chinese" approach to philosophy, language, and politics. Finally, it traces the vicissitudes of the two Ben in modern Japanese intellectual history and their role in the formation of the ideas of Meiji intellectuals such as Nishi Amane (1829–1897) and Kato Hiroyuki (1836–1916). As before, however, Sorai came under attack—this time for his supposed irreverence toward the throne, the Japanese people, and the imperial nation-state. Though an unpopular philosophy in early twentieth-century Japan, in the postwar years Sorai’s thought was interpreted (by Maruyama Masao and others) as an important modernizing force. While it critiques such ideologically grounded attempts to cast Sorai’s Bendô and Benmei as theoretical contributions to political modernization, Tucker’s study nevertheless acknowledges that Sorai’s masterworks, in their concern for language analysis as the way to solve philosophical problems, share significant common ground with the analytic approach to philosophy pioneered by various twentieth-century Anglo-American philosophers.

English Inside and Out

Author : Susan Kamholtz Gubar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134567790
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book English Inside and Out written by Susan Kamholtz Gubar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid diverse theoretical debates about the canon in the media and in academia, in English Inside and Out leading proponents of literary studies take a close look at the discipline and the profession and envisage its future.

The Translation Studies Reader

Author : Lawrence Venuti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415613477
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book The Translation Studies Reader written by Lawrence Venuti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive survey of the most important developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. This new edition includes pre-twentieth century readings and readings from other fields.

The Prestige

Author : Christopher Priest
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312858865
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book The Prestige written by Christopher Priest and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-09-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in a darkened salon during the course of a fraudulent séance, and from this moment they try to expose and outwit each other at every turn.

Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks

Author : Adam Nayman
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 168335916X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks written by Adam Nayman and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated mid-career monograph exploring the 30-year creative journey of the 8-time Academy Award–nominated writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson has been described as "one of American film's modern masters" and "the foremost filmmaking talent of his generation." Anderson's ï¬?lms have received 25 Academy Award nominations, and he has worked closely with many of the most accomplished actors of our time, including Lesley Ann Manville, Julianne Moore, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Philip Seymour Hoï¬€man. In Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks, Anderson’s entire career—from Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch Drunk Love (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), The Master (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), and Phantom Thread (2017) to his music videos for Radiohead to his early short ï¬?lms—is examined in illustrated detail for the ï¬?rst time. Anderson’s inï¬‚uences, his style, and the recurring themes of alienation, reinvention, ambition, and destiny that course through his movies are analyzed and supplemented by ï¬?rsthand interviews with Anderson’s closest collaborators—including producer JoAnne Sellar, actor Vicky Krieps, and composer Jonny Greenwood—and illuminated by ï¬?lm stills, archival photos, original illustrations, and an appropriately psychedelic design aesthetic. Masterworks is a tribute to the dreamers, drifters, and evil dentists who populate his world.

Inverted World

Author : Christopher Priest
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590172698
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Inverted World written by Christopher Priest and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featured in Science Fiction: The Best 100 Novels Winner of the British Science Fiction Award Nominated for the Hugo Award The “devilishly entertaining” masterpiece of hard science fiction, set in a city moving through a strange, dystopian world—from the multi-award-winning author of The Prestige (Time Out New York) The city is winched along tracks through a devastated land full of hostile tribes. Rails must be freshly laid ahead of the city and carefully removed in its wake. Rivers and mountains present nearly insurmountable challenges to the ingenuity of the city’s engineers. But if the city does not move, it will fall farther and farther behind the “optimum” into the crushing gravitational field that has transformed life on Earth. The only alternative to progress is death. The secret directorate that governs the city makes sure that its inhabitants know nothing of this. Raised in common in crèches, nurtured on synthetic food, prevented above all from venturing outside the closed circuit of the city, they are carefully sheltered from the dire necessities that have come to define human existence. And yet the city is in crisis. The people are growing restive, the population is dwindling, and the rulers know that, for all their efforts, slowly but surely the city is slipping ever farther behind the optimum. Helward Mann is a member of the city’s elite. Better than anyone, he knows how tenuous is the city’s continued existence. But the world—he is about to discover—is infinitely stranger than the strange world he believes he knows so well.