Brecht Collected Plays: 3.2

Bertolt Brecht

• Hardcover | World Classics
• "One of the greatest poets and dramatists of our century" (Observer) Lees meer

Monkey

Wu Ch'eng-en

• Paperback | Engels
• Wu Ch'eng-en wrote "Monkey" in the middle of the 16th century, adding to an ancient Chinese legend his own touches of delicacy and humour. The result ... Lees meer

The Travels of an Alchemist

Li Chih-Ch'ang

• Paperback | Engels
• Waley's introduction provides excellent background information with which to place the Travels in their appropriate historical, social and religious s... Lees meer

Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Hardcover
• First published in 1960, Arthur Waley here translates, whole or as extracts, twenty-six pieces, making an invaluable addition to world literature. Lees meer

Brecht Collected Plays

Bertolt Brecht

• Paperback | Engels | World Classics
• The most comprehensive and authoritative editions of Brecht's plays in the English language Volume Three of Brecht's Collected Plays includes St Joan ... Lees meer

The Secret History of the Mongols

Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1963 this book largely uses the Chinese version but with constant reference to the Mongol text. The parts selected (founded on stor... Lees meer

170 Chinese Poems

Arthur Waley

• Paperback
• A stunning collection of Chinese poetry. Lees meer

Yuan Mei

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1956. Arthur Waley presents here an engrossing account of the works and life of Yuan Mei (1716-1797), the best-known poet of his ti... Lees meer

Le singe pèlerin ou Le pèlerinage d'Occident

Cheng'en Wu

• Paperback | Frans
• « La vérité, c'est qu'il entendait le langage secret des signes. » Au début du VII e siècle, un moine chinois, Hiuan Tsang, partit de Xi'an pour une i... Lees meer

The Book of Songs

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Hardcover
• First published in 1937 this volume is a collection of ancient Chinese songs, dating from 800 to 600 B.C. Until it was published in 1937 it had not be... Lees meer

A Hundred And Seventy Chinese Poems

• Paperback | Engels
• ""A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems"" is a collection of classical Chinese poetry translated into English by Arthur Waley. The book includes works f... Lees meer

The Analects

Confucius

• Hardcover | Engels | Everyman's Library CLASSICS
• Confucius is one of the most humane, rational, and lucid of moral teachers, concerned not with arcane metaphysics, but with practical issues of life a... Lees meer

The Analects of Confucius

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• This book detaches the Analects from the Scholastic interpretation and lets these famous sayings speak for themselves. Lees meer

Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Hardcover
• First published in 1939. This book consists chiefly of extracts from Chuang Tzu, Mencius and Han Fei Tzu. Chuang Tzu's. Lees meer

Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels | China
• First published in 1939. This book consists chiefly of extracts from Chuang Tzu, Mencius and Han Fei Tzu. Chuang Tzu's appeal is to the imagination; t... Lees meer

The Life and Times of Po Chü-I

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1949. This book gives the biographical background to the many poems of Po Chü-I (A.D 772-846) and traces the connection between his... Lees meer

The Poetry and Career of Li Po

Arthur Waley

• Hardcover | Engels | Ethical and Religious Classics of East and West | nr. 8
• When this was originally published in 1950 this was the fullest biography of one of China's greatest poets that had ever appeared in any language. Lees meer

Ballads and Stories from Tun-huang

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1960, Arthur Waley here translates, whole or as extracts, twenty-six pieces, making an invaluable addition to world literature. Lees meer

Japanese Poetry

Arthur Waley

• Hardcover | Engels
• Japanese Poetry: The Uta is a book written by Arthur Waley in 1919. This book is a collection of Japanese poems known as Uta, which are short, lyrical... Lees meer

Monkey

Wu Ch'eng-en

• E-book | Engels
• Monkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanie... Lees meer

The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1958. This volume translates and places in the appropriate historical context a number of private documents, such as diaries, autob... Lees meer

Journey to the West

Wu Cheng'en

• E-book | Engels
• The classic Chinese novel: “Imagine a combination of picaresque novel, fairy tale, fabliau, Mickey Mouse, Davy Crockett, and Pilgrim’s Progress” (The ... Lees meer

The Life and Times of Po Chu-i

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Hardcover
• First published in 1949 this book gives the biographical background to the many poems of Po Chü-I (A.D 772-846) and traces the connection between his ... Lees meer

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

Sei Shonagon

• Hardcover | Engels
• The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a collection of observations and musings written by Sei Shonagon, a Japanese court lady during the Heian period (79... Lees meer