Selected readings from the poetry, prose, and drama of the Near and Far East, with background introductions.
| notes: | Contents: The Near East: The golden odes (Mu’allaqat), Firdausi, Rumi, Sa’di, Hafiz, Taha Hussein. India: The rigveda, The song of God, Valmiki, Kalidasa, Vidyakara, Rabindranath Tagore, R. K. Narayan. China: The book of songs (Shih Ching), Confucius (K’ung Fu-tzu), Chuang-Tzu, Lu Ki, Three poets: T’ao Ch’ien, Li Po, Po Chu-I, Wu Ch’eng-en, Liu T’ieh-yun, Lu Hsun (Chou Shu-jen), The red lantern. Japan: The collection of ten thousand leaves, Sei Shonagon, Tales of the middle counselor of the embankment, Tales of the Heike, Kamo-no Chomei, Six no plays: Zeami Motokiyo, Zenchiku Ujinobu, Komparu Zembo Motoyasu, Basho and others, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Four modern masters of fiction: Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima. |
| subjects: | Asian literature |
| genre: | Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9780393091960 |
| OCLC number: | 339875 |
| publisher: | Norton, 1961, 1977 |
| publication place: | New York |
| english publication date: | 1961 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | 396 p. ; 22 cm. |