Download or read book Korea s Premier Collection of Classical Literature written by and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in English to offer an extensive introduction to the Tongmunsŏn (Selections of Refined Literature of Korea)—the largest and most important Korean literary collection created prior to the twentieth century—as well as translations of essays from key chapters. The Tongmunsŏn was compiled in 1478 by Sŏ Kŏjŏng (1420–1488) and other Chosŏn literati at the command of King Sŏngjong (r. 1469–1494). It was modeled after the celebrated Chinese anthology Wen Xuan and contains poetry and prose in an extensive array of styles and genres. The Translators’ Introduction begins by describing the general structure of the Tongmunsŏn and contextualizes literary output in Korea within the great sweep of East Asian literature from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries. The entire Tongmunsŏn as well as all of the essays selected for translation were written in hanmun (as opposed to Korean vernacular), which points to a close literary connection between the continent and the peninsula. The Introduction goes on to discuss the genres contained in the Tongmunsŏn and examines style as revealed through prosody. The translation of two of these genres (treatises and discourses) in four books of the Tongmunsŏn showcases prose-writing and the intellectual concerns of the age. Through their discussions of morality, nature, and the fantastic, we see Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian themes at work in essays by some of Korea’s most distinguished writers, among them Yi Kyubo, Yi Saek, Yi Chehyŏn, and Chŏng Tojŏn. The translations also include annotations and extensive cross-references to classical allusions in the Chinese canon, making the present volume an essential addition to any East Asian literature collection.
Download or read book Representative passages from English literature chosen and arranged by W H Hudson written by William Henry Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selections from English Literature written by Leonidas Warren Payne and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Selections from English literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masterpieces of English Literature written by William Swinton and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Inspirations written by Paulo Coelho and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Anthology' comes from the Greek word that stands for garlands - a bouquet of flowers. An anthology then, should be a sort of reminder of something else, a small token of something much larger. In the case of flowers, they bring with their fragrance and colorfulness the reminder of the fields, of a season. Coelho's anthology, therefore, is not only a collection of texts or poems, but a gift, something arranged according to his sensitivities, to give to others. The selection of books presented in this volume have been chosen as if from a vast field of flowers, stretching infinitely into time's horizon. Coelho's selection is ordered in to the four elements, symbolizing both our world on all its directions, and the way we dwell in this world, the way we say it. In 'Earth' we find writers as diverse as Oscar Wilde and D H Lawrence; in 'Air' Nelson Mandela and Gabriel Garcia Marques; in 'Fire' Rumi and Mary Shelley; in 'Water' Hans Christian Anderson and Machiavelli.
Download or read book Rhetoric Reclaimed written by Janet M. Atwill and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly embedded in postmodern theory, this book offers a critique of traditional conceptions of the liberal arts, exploring the challenges posed by cultural diversity to the aims and methods of a humanist education. Janet M. Atwill investigates a neglected tradition of rhetoric, exemplified by Protagoras and Isocorates, and preserved in Aristotle's Rhetoric. This tradition was rooted in the ancient sophistic and platonic conceptions of techn , or productive knowledge, that appears both in literary texts from the seventh century B.C.E. and in medical and technical treatises from the fifth century B.C.E. Atwill examines these traditions, together with sophistic and platonic conceptions, and considers the commentaries on Aristotle's Rhetoric by E. M. Cope and William S. J. Grimaldi, where the concepts of techn and productive knowledge disappear in the modern opposition between theory and practice. Since models of knowledge are closely tied to models of subjectivity, Atwill's examination of techn also explores the role of political, economic, and educational institutions in standardizing a specific model for subjectivity. She argues that the liberal arts traditions largely eclipsed the social and political functions of rhetoric, transforming it from an art of disrupting and reinventing lines of power to a discipline of producing a normative subject, defined by virtue but modeled on a specific gender and class type.
Download or read book Studies in English Literature written by William Swinton and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Selections From English Literature 1700 1900 Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by H. N. Asman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selections From English Literature, (1700-1900), Vol. 2 This selection of passages has been made to form a companion volume to the English Literature of Mr. F. J. Rahtz. It covers the period from Defoe to Morris, but many authors are unrepresented owing to the exigencies of space. Complete poems have been given where possible. I have attempted to follow two principles in making the selections, choosing what was (a) excellent in itself, (b) really illustrative of the authors work, or of various phases of it. The length of the extracts is not always, nor of necessity, proportionate to the importance of the writer. These selections are not intended to form a substitute for a full study of the authors, but to persuade the reader to explore for himself those "many goodly states and kingdoms," which, he must perceive, are in reality "realms of gold," when they can furnish such priceless treasure as even this little book contains. I am greatly indebted to Messrs. Longmans for kind permission to include the song from the Life and Death of Jason, by William Morris, and the extract from Newman's Apologia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book How to Begin Studying English Literature written by Nicholas Marsh and published by Palgrave. This book was released on 1995 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised and expanded new edition gives practical help and guidance to students and sets out a logical method for approaching novels, plays and poems. Useful chapters on themes, characters, structure and style explain how to analyse a text and later chapters give advice on writing successful essays and on how to set about revision. Straightforward and lively, the book is an invaluable companion to all students of literature.
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Download or read book Studies in English Literature written by William Swinton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and American Authorship, From Shakespeare to the Present Time In the prescribed curricula of most high-schools, English literature and rhetoric find an important place. Yet, perhaps, no subjects are less satisfactorily taught. The study of English literature is, for the most part, confined to a cram on the personal biography of authors; at the best, it is a reading about literature rather than a reading in literature.* The study of rhetoric is, for the most part, confined to the learning of abstract definitions and principles. This is an acquisition certainly not to be undervalued; for there is only a half-truth in Butler's famous aphorism, that "All a rhetorician's rules teach nothing but to name his tools." Yet assuredly it is a barren knowledge, that of the "rhetoricians rules," unless these are seen and felt as they find spontaneous embodiment in the great creations of the masters of literary art. This volume of masterpieces is designed to occupy a place at the meeting-point of literature and rhetoric - to restore the twain to their natural and fruitful relationship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Selections from English Literature written by Leonidas Warren Payne and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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