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From A Cottager's Sketchbook, Vol.1.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liang, Shih-chiu.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese essays.
- Chinese essays--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : The Chinese University of Hong KongPress, 2005.
- Summary:
- Liang Shih-chiu (1903-1987), a literary critic and theorist of many talents, was the first person to translate the complete works of Shakespeare into Chinese. Literary historians remember him chiefly for his conservative leanings and his infamous "war of words" with Lu Xun, the acknowledged leader of leftist writers in the 1930s. From a Cottager's Sketchbook highlights Liang's versatility and literary style. The essays deal with familiar and timeless topics, tempering social satire of postwar China with light humor. At a time when the common cry was "to write as one would speak," and a battle line was drawn between vernacular and classical linguistics, Liang skillfully blended the two.
- Contents:
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Publisher's Note
- Contents
- Introduction
- A Cottager's Sketchbook, Part 1
- My Cottage
- Children
- Music
- Anonymous Letters
- The Sixth Human Relationship
- A Cur
- Visitors
- Handshake
- The Game of Chess1
- Haggling
- Haircut
- Birds
- Poverty
- A Cottager's Sketchbook, Part 2
- Things Old
- On Taking Baths
- Trees
- Reading Paintings
- Walking Sticks
- Toothpicks
- Sleep
- Trash
- Tourism
- Dogs
- Old Age
- Deafness
- Retirement
- Anger
- Taciturnity
- View from a Window
- The Story of a Cat
- Huagan
- Books
- Cruelty to Animals
- New Year Festivities in Beijing
- A Chronology of Liang Shih-chiu.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9789629962180
- 9629962187
- OCLC:
- 1244628297
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