Eastern Canons: Approaches to the Asian Classics - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231070055 ISBN 13 : 9780231070058

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 1995

Synopsis

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 Bash

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919-2017) was John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University. He wrote extensively on Confucianism in East Asia and was the coeditor of Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Japanese Tradition, and Sources of Korean Tradition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231070055
• ISBN 13: 9780231070058
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 395
• Éditeur: Bary Wm. Theodore De, Bloom Irene
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