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Approaches To The Asian Classics (companions To Asian Studies) by Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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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 Quran, the philosophy of history of Ibn Khaldun, the Upanishads, the epic Mahabarata, the philosopher Mencius, the Lotus Sutra, Tand Poetry, the Tale of Genji, and the poet Basho.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom
- Publisher
- New York: Columbia University Press
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231070058
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Language Learning, History
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