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Eastern Canons: Approaches to the Asian Classics

Eastern Canons: Approaches to the Asian Classics

Bary, Wm Theodore de
Bloom, Irene

Paperback

Series: Companions to Asian Studies

Literary CriticismGeneral Asian History

ISBN10: 0231070055
ISBN13: 9780231070058
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published: May 18 1995
Pages: 395
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.03 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.24
Language: English
The essays gathered here, in addition to those by editors Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloob, are written by leading scholars of Asian cultures--among them Donald Keene, Peter Awn, Barbara Stoler Miller, Ainslie Embree, Burton Watson, C.T. Hsia, Paul Anderer, and others. They introduce classics from the Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions, providing entree to texts which have emerged as monuments of Asian thought and literature. Among the works discussed are the Qu'ran, the philosophy of history of Ibn Khaldun, the Upanishads, the epic Mahabarata, the philosopher Mencius, the Lotus Sutra, T'and Poetry, the Tale of Genji, and the poet Basho.

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