Author: James SummersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Chinese and Japanese Repository of Facts and Events in Science, History, and Art, Relating to Eastern Asia
Author: James SummersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Chinese and Japanese Repository of Facts and Events in Science, History, and Art, Relating to Eastern Asia
Author: Anachronisms in the History of Mathematics
Author: Niccol- GuicciardiniPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108834965
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Discover essays by leading scholars on the history of mathematics from ancient to modern times in European and non-European cultures.
A World History of Chinese Literature
Author: Yingjin ZhangPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000895068
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Providing a broad introduction to the area, A World History of Chinese Literature maps the field of Chinese literature across its various worlds, looking both within – at the world of Chinese literature, its history, linguistic, cultural, local, and regional specificities – and without – at the way Chinese literature has circulated throughout the world. The thematic focus allows for a broad number of key categories, such as authors, genres, genders, regions, as well as innovative explorations of new topics and issues such as inter-arts performativity and transmediation. The sections cover the circulation and reception of China in world literature, as well as the worlds of: Chinese literature across the globe Borders, oceans, and rainforests Comparative literary genres Translingual writers and scholars Gender configurations Translation and transmediation With a focus on the twentieth and twenty-first century, this collection intervenes in current debates on global Chinese literature, Sinophone and Sinoscript studies, and the production and reception of literary works by ethnic Chinese in non-Sinitic languages, as well as Anglophone literature inspired by Chinese literary tradition. It will be of interest to anyone working on or studying Chinese literature, language and culture, as well as world literatures in relation to China.
The Global White Snake
Author: Liang LuoPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472038605
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Tracing the history and adaptation of one of China's foundational texts
The Chinese and Japanese Repository
Author: A Catalogue of the Library of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society-including the Library of Alex. Wylie, Esq.-systematically Classed. By Henri Cordier
Author: Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, afterwards North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (SHANGHAI). LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West
Author: Martijn StormsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331990406X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th–20th century South, East, and Southeast Asian cartography. The central theme of the conference was the mutual influence of Western and Asian cartographic traditions, and the focus was on points of contact between Western and Asian cartographic history. Geographically, the topics were limited to South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia, with special attention to India, China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia. Topics addressed included Asia’s place in the world, the Dutch East India Company, toponymy, Philipp Franz von Siebold, maritime cartography, missionary mapping and cadastral mapping.
A Catalogue of the Library of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (including the Library of Alex. Wylie, Esq.)
Author: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North-China Branch. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Author: