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Colloquial Turkish
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 33.95Colloquial Turkish provides a step-by-step course in Turkish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Turkish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language... more...
Yuan Mei
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95First published in 1956. Arthur Waley here presents an engrossing account of the works and life of Yuan Mei (1716-1797), the best-known poet of his time. Gaiety is the keynote of his works and the poet was a friend of the Manchu official with whom Commodore Anson had dramatic dealings at Canton in 1743. Yuan Mei gives an account (not previously translated)... more...
Die Fünf Meister aus Sichuan (Sichuan wu junzi): Die Posthermetischen Lyriker Bai Hua, Zhang Zao, Zhong Ming, Ouyang Jianghe und Zhai Yongming
Diplomica Verlag 2011; US$ 48.52Hauptbeschreibung Die Fünf Meister aus Sichuan, zu der die Dichter Bai Hua (geb. 1956), Zhang Zao (1962-2010), Zhong Ming (geb. 1953), Ouyang Jianghe (geb. 1956) und Zhai Yongming (geb. 1955) gehören, können als eine der wichtigsten Gruppierungen innerhalb der zeitgenössischen chinesischen Lyrik angesehen werden. Sie vereint nicht nur langjährige... more...
Die orientalistische Gelehrtenrepublik am Vorabend des Ersten Weltkrieges
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 126.00This volume presents the correspondence that took place between the Göttingen Iranian scholar and academician Friedrich Carl Andreas and the Turkish, Ural-Altaic, and English scholar Willi Bang(-Kaup). more...
Chinese Literature in the Second Half of a Modern Century
Indiana University Press 2000; US$ 35.15"... an important contribution to the study of recent Chinese literature." -- Choice "This fine, scholarly survey of Chinese literature since 1949... discusses such trends as modernism, nativism, realism, root-seeking and 'scar' literature, 'misty' poets, and political, feminist, and ... more...
Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 75.95Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar. Concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Turkish, it presents a detailed and systematic description of the structure of language at every level:sounds, words and sentences and will remain the standard reference work for years to come. Drawing... more...
Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages
BRILL 2002; US$ 82.00This work approaches Tibeto-Burman comparative-historical linguistics according to the classical Indo-European model. Articles are included on: Old Zhangzhung, early classical Newari, Pyu, Old Burmese and early Meithei. Glossaries of several early Tibeto-Burman languages are included. more...
Confucius and the Analects
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 59.99The Analects', the sayings attributed to Confucius, is a classic of world literature. Nonetheless there is a great dispute about how to approach and understand both him and his work. This is an anthology of critical writings on this crucial and influential work. The contributors address a host of key topics. more...
Die klassische chinesische Prosa
De Gruyter 2003; US$ 224.00The essay, representing the original form of Chinese prose, emerged as masterly literary genre in the late Middle Ages. Next to the poem, the essay embodied the expression of the Chinese mind. In the course of history, it developed from a moral tool to a manifestation of joie de vivre. A leisurely look at the world is therefore the characteristic trait... more...
Die chinesische Literatur im 20. Jahrhundert
De Gruyter 2005; US$ 252.00Die chinesische Literatur kann im 20. Jahrhundert dank der Wandlung Chinas zum Nationalstaat die Isolation überwinden und in den Dialog mit der Weltliteratur eintreten. Keine andere Epoche ist deshalb so gut dokumentiert, wissenschaftlich aufgearbeitet und durch Übersetzungen erschlossen. Dabei lassen sich mehrere deutlich ausgeprägte Phasen unterscheiden:... more...









