Bibliograph

Masterpieces of the Orient, edited by G. L. Anderson ; general editor: Maynard Mack

Type

Label

Masterpieces of the Orient, edited by G. L. Anderson ; general editor: Maynard Mack

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Masterpieces of the Orient

Oclc number

339875

Responsibility statement

edited by G. L. Anderson ; general editor: Maynard Mack

Table Of Contents

The Near East. The golden odes (Muʻallaqāt). The wandering king (Muʻallaqa of Imruʼ-al-Qays) -- Whom the gods loved? (Muʻallaqa of Tarafa) -- The centenarian (Muʻallaqa of Labīd) -- The black knight (Muʻallaqa of ʻAntara) -- The book of kings (Sháhnáma) : the story of Bízhan and Manízha / Firdausí -- The stream of days / Tāhā Hussein -- India. The blessed Lord's song (Bhagavad gītā) -- Shakuntalā / Kālidāsa -- The financial expert / R.K. Narayan -- China. Selections / Chuang-tzu -- Poems / Po Chü-i -- Monkey (Hsi yu chi) / Wu Ch'eng-en -- The travels of Lao Ts'an (Lao-ts'an yu-chi) / Liu T'ieh-yün -- Japan. Life in a ten-foot square hut (Hōjōki) / Kamo-no Chōmei -- Tales of the middle counselor of the embankment (Tsutsumi chūnagon monogatari) : The lady who loved worms (Mushi mezuru himegimi) -- Tales of the Heike (Heike monogatari) -- Five nō plays : Atsumori ; The dwarf trees (Hachi no ki) ; The heavenly robe of feathers (Hagoromo) ; Kagekiyo ; Tsunemasa / Seami Motokiyo -- Twenty-five haiku / Bashō and others -- Rashōmon / Akutagawa Ryūnosuke -- In a grove (Yabu no naka) / Akutagawa Ryūnosuke

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