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The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei
Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 45.00In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei , an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work,... more...
Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 145.00Looking at a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English, this book explores how literary texts imaginatively probe the past, convey the present, and project a future in terms that facilitate a sense of collective belonging. The novels discussed cover a range of historical movements and developments, including pre-20th century Islamic history, the... more...
Weather, Climate and Human Affairs (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95First published in 1988, this is a reissue of a groundbreaking collection of essays written by Hubert Lamb, one of the world?s foremost experts on weather and climate and a uniquely authoritative voice in the history of climatology. Hubert Lamb is able to provide a mature assessment of the effect of weather on people, and vice versa. His is a uniquely... more...
East Asian Ecocriticisms
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00East Asian Ecocriticisms presents original essays from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China that define and characterize trends in East Asian ecocriticism. Drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives in environmental thought and scholarship, this volume presents valuable and original contributions to global conversations. more...
Wondrous Brutal Fictions
Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 54.99As works of Buddhist fiction, these texts relate the histories and miracles of particular buddhas, bodhisattvas, and local deities. Many of their protagonists have become recognizable cultural icons through their representation in later works of Japanese drama, fiction, and film. The collection includes such sekkyo ?sermon-ballad? classics as Sansho... more...
Clouds above the Hill
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 85.00Clouds above the Hill is one of the best-selling novels ever in Japan, and is now translated into English for the first time. An epic portrait of Japan in crisis, it combines graphic military history and highly readable fiction to depict an aspiring nation modernizing at breakneck speed. Best-selling author Shiba Ry?tar? devoted an entire decade... more...
The Mahatma Misunderstood
Anthem Press 2013; US$ 99.00The Mahatma Misunderstood is a study of the fiction about Gandhi produced in his lifetime, and explains why novelists both vehemently critiqued and lovingly collaborated with the Mahatma simultaneously. more...
The Interrelationship of Humans and the Mongol Landscape in G. Mend-Ooyo's Altan Ovoo
The Edwin Mellen Press 2013; US$ 179.95The book discusses nomadic culture in Mongolia through its literary, religious, and socio-historical contexts by studying the contemporary poetry of Mend-Ooyo. It takes a careful look at the poetry in the Mongolian post-Soviet period. Certain sections present a systematic analysis of Altan Ovoo according to the following criteria: religion and spirituality,... more...
Dramatic Action in Greek Tragedy and Noh
Lexington Books 2013; US$ 54.99By looking at 15 th /16 th realistic noh and Greek tragedies through the lens of Aristotle and of each other, this comparison reveals a previously unnoticed relationship between the structure of the tragedies and their performance, that is, the involvement of the third actor at the climactic moments of the plot in both and the actor stepping... more...









