Brecht Collected Plays: 3.2

Bertolt Brecht

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

The Travels of an Alchemist

Li Chih-Ch'ang

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1931. Mainly focussing on cultural and geographical aspects, Travels of an Alchemist are unique in their importance as a source for... 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

Brecht Collected Plays: 3

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

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

The Noh Plays of Japan

Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels | Tuttle Classics
• The Noh Plays of Japan is the most respected collection of Noh plays in English. The classic Japanese plays can be read for their great literary merit... 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

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 here presents an engrossing account of the works and life of Yuan Mei (1716-1797), the best-known poet of his ti... Lees meer

The Secret History of the Mongols

Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1963. The Secret History (so called merely because it was meant for the Mongols and not for the Chinese, ) has been chiefly studied... Lees meer

More Translations From the Chinese

Arthur Waley, Juyi Bai

• Hardcover | Engels
• This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in... 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 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

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
• First published in 1938. Previous translations of the Analects of Confucius are based upon a medieval interpretation which reflects the philosophy of ... 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

Poems From the Chinese

Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in... Lees meer

Buddhist Texts Through the Ages

I B Horner, David Snellgrove, Arthur Waley, Edward Conze

• Paperback | Engels
• This unique anthology of Buddhist scripture traces the development of Buddhism through the ages and around the world. Designed to serve scholars and s... 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. It ... 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

Ballads and Stories from Tun-Huang

The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• First published in 1960. Over a century ago the Chinese discovered in a sealed-up cave in the west of China a collection of manuscripts dating from th... Lees meer

The Analects of Confucius

Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• One of the most influential books of all time, The Analects of Confucius collects the sayings and wisdom of the Chinese philosopher and his followers.... Lees meer

Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China

Arthur Waley

• Paperback | Engels
• In the fourth century BC three conflicting points of view in Chinese philosophy received classic expression: the Taoist, the Confucianist, and the "Re... Lees meer