Approaches to the Oriental ClassicsWilliam Theodore De Bary Columbia University Press, 1959 - 262 pages |
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Page 117
... century poem ( kāvya ) entitled “ Slaying of Rāvana " ( Rāvanavadha ) and generally referred to as Bhatti - kävya after its author . Acquaintance with the Indian epics was not made in Europe until the latter half of the eighteenth century ...
... century poem ( kāvya ) entitled “ Slaying of Rāvana " ( Rāvanavadha ) and generally referred to as Bhatti - kävya after its author . Acquaintance with the Indian epics was not made in Europe until the latter half of the eighteenth century ...
Page 176
... century . In range , quantity , and achievement , it is hardly comparable to the other glories of Chinese literature , poetry or prose essays . There was no " art " of the novel in China , no “ critical " theory . The Chinese novelists ...
... century . In range , quantity , and achievement , it is hardly comparable to the other glories of Chinese literature , poetry or prose essays . There was no " art " of the novel in China , no “ critical " theory . The Chinese novelists ...
Page 177
... centuries . Many long prose narratives in China were evolved in this way ; they continue to be transmitted orally even ... century author , Wu Ch'eng - en , did not feel free to deviate from certain formulas which by his time had already ...
... centuries . Many long prose narratives in China were evolved in this way ; they continue to be transmitted orally even ... century author , Wu Ch'eng - en , did not feel free to deviate from certain formulas which by his time had already ...
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Opening Remarks by Jacques Barzun THE TEACHING OF | 3 |
Great BooksEast and West by Mark Van Doren | 7 |
Education in a Multicultural World by Thomas Berry 24 On Exploiting the Greek Analogy by Moses Hadas | 24 |
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