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Phantasies of a Love Thief
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,86 MB
Release : 1971-04-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231515443
Phantasies of a Love Thief
Author : Stephen Alter
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 20,67 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780156030847
A firsthand look inside the world's largest film industry examines the world of Bombay, India, films, following the making of a Bollywood version of Othello, examining the vast popularity of Hindi movies, detailing the unique rituals and culture of the Bollywood moviemaking industry, and profiling key actors, directors, musicians, and others. Original.
Author : Ann Lethbridge
Publisher : Ann Lethbridge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0993957412
In Regency London all is not it seems. Vampires live among humans, hiding their secret powers from their hosts in shadows. Unbeknownst to Lady Sybil Lofstrom she is descended from a race of Fae who got caught in the middle of the Wars of the Races and were exterminated by all sides. Fearing she is losing her mind, she tells no one about the creatures of the night only she sees. Until one of them draws her into his Vampire world with his kisses. The Vampire King’s Shadow Blade, Anton Count Grazki cannot believe there is a human woman, one he finds irresistible to his lonely heart, who can see through the vampire cloak of shadows. Her unique ability means her death unless he can find some way to keep her safe.
Author : Tamora Pierce
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2009-12-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1439120293
A girl disguises herself as a boy to train as a knight in this first book in Tamora Pierce’s Margaret A. Edwards Award–winning young adult series—now with a new look! From now on, I’m Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I’ll be a knight. In a time when girls are forbidden to be warriors, Alanna of Trebond wants nothing more than to be a knight of the realm of Tortall. So she finds a way to switch places with her twin brother, Thom, and, disguised as a boy, begins her training as a page at the palace of King Roald. But the road to knighthood, as she discovers, is not an easy one. Alanna must master weapons, combat, and magic, as well as polite behavior, her temper, and even her own heart. So begin Alanna’s adventures—filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil—that will lead to the fulfillment of her dreams and make her a legend in the land.
Author : Akinari Ueda
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 15,77 MB
Release : 2008-12-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0231511248
First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film Ugetsu. The title Ugetsu monogatari (literally "rain-moon tales") alludes to the belief that mysterious beings appear on cloudy, rainy nights and in mornings with a lingering moon. In "Shiramine," the vengeful ghost of the former emperor Sutoku reassumes the role of king; in "The Chrysanthemum Vow," a faithful revenant fulfills a promise; "The Kibitsu Cauldron" tells a tale of spirit possession; and in "The Carp of My Dreams," a man straddles the boundaries between human and animal and between the waking world and the world of dreams. The remaining stories feature demons, fiends, goblins, strange dreams, and other manifestations beyond all logic and common sense. The eerie beauty of this masterpiece owes to Akinari's masterful combination of words and phrases from Japanese classics with creatures from Chinese and Japanese fiction and lore. Along with The Tale of Genji and The Tales of the Heike, Tales of Moonlight and Rain has become a timeless work of great significance. This new translation, by a noted translator and scholar, skillfully maintains the allure and complexity of Akinari's original prose.
Author : Joseph S. M. Lau
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780231138413
An anthology of Chinese fiction, poetry, and essays written during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 28,47 MB
Release : 2003-05-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0231521316
Xunzi asserted that the original nature of man is evil, differing on this point from Mencius, his famous predecessor in the Confucian school. In the most complete, well-ordered philosophical system of his day, Xunzi advocated the counteraction of man's evil through self-improvement, the pursuit of learning, the avoidance of obsession, and observance of ritual in life. Readers familiar with Xunzi's work will find that Burton Watson's lucid translation breathes new life into this classic. Those new to Xunzi will find his ideas on government, language, and order and safety in society surprisingly close to concerns of our own age.
Author : Vijay Mishra
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 1998-08-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780791438725
Combines Western theories of the sublime (from Longinus to Lyotard) with indigenous Indian modes of reading in order to construct a comprehensive theory of both the Indian sublime and Indian devotional verse.
Author : Jacques Gernet
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231114110
Translated and revised by respected scholar of Chinese religions Franciscus Verellen, who has worked closely with Gernet, this edition includes new references, an extensive, up-to-date bibliography, and a comprehensive index.
Author : Fu Du
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 25,93 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780231128285
The poems of Du Fu (712-77) had a diverse range of subject matter, from personal detail to historical fact, expressed with a richness of language that stretched from the elegant to the colloquial, and from the allusive to the direct. This selection includes both famous and lesser-known works.