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The Book of Literary Design
Hong Kong University Press 1999; US$ 36.00This volume presents a fresh translation of the Wenxin diaolong that is at once authoritative and elegant. It may well be regarded as a standard reference by students of sinology and comparative literature. more...
The Fragile Scholar
Hong Kong University Press 2004; US$ 40.00The Fragile Scholar examines the pre-modern construction of Chinese masculinity from the popular image of the fragile scholar (caizi) in late imperial Chinese fiction and drama. The book is an original contribution to the study of the construction of masculinity in the Chinese context from a comparative perspective (Euro-American). more...
Jumping Through Hoops
Hong Kong University Press 2003; US$ 40.00This book is a collection of nine intense and dramatic stories that sheds new light on the experiences of Chinese women during the Second World War. more...
Ink Dances in Limbo
Hong Kong University Press 2008; US$ 40.00It is a study of Gao Xingjian's entire body of writing to date. Each chapter analyses a group of his writings. more...
Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre
BRILL 2008; US$ 132.00This book argues that Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre can only be explained by his broad knowledge and use of various Chinese and Western theatrical, literary, artistic and philosophical traditions. more...
Mulan's Legend and Legacy in China and the United States
Temple University Press 2010; US$ 28.95Mulan, the warrior maiden who performed heroic deeds in battle while dressed as a male soldier, has had many incarnations from her first appearance as a heroine in an ancient Chinese folk ballad. Mulan’s story was retold for centuries, extolling the filial virtue of the young woman who placed her father's honor and well-being above her own.... more...
Once Iron Girls
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 28.99Once Iron Girls: Essays on Gender by Post-Mao Chinese Literary Women, brings together twenty-five essays of seven prominent writers, whose fiction and poetry have become classics in the teaching and study of Chinese women. Showcasing the feminist thinking and rhetoric of a unique generation of Chinese women writers, this anthology contributes to the... more...
Encounters with Chinese Writers
Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 11.99Bizarre encounters between Chinese and American writers more...
The Analects
Penguin Books Ltd 1979; Not AvailableThe Analects express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self-knowledge, courage and love of one's fellow man, he argued that the pursuit of virtue should be every individual's supreme goal. And, while following the Way, or the... more...
Grammatical Proof of the Affinity of the Hungarian Language with Languages of Fennic Origin (Göttingen: Dieterich, 1799)
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1983; US$ 188.00Sámuel Gyarmathi?s Affinitas linguae hungaricae cum linguis fennicae originis grammatice demonstrata (Göttingen 1799) was received as a distinguished work of scholarship in its own days, and its historical importance has been fully recognized ever since. This volume provides an English translation of the entire Latin text, including the Latin glosses... more...









