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The first English-language study on contemporary Chinese children’s literature, focusing on the theoretical framing of a......more

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By exploring various representations of illness and disability in Chinese American literature, Sarah Tang argues that na......more

This book traces the key stages in the cultural construction of Suzhou as ’the Venice of China, ’ through textual and vi......more

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Presents the first in-depth study of contemporary English-language Pakistani women’s fiction, exploring how female autho......more

This original exploration of Arab autobiographical discourse investigates various modes of cultural identity that have e......more

This book examines the phenomenon of the post-civil war Anglophone Lebanese fictional narrative. The texts chosen for st......more

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This exploration of the work of Iraqi novelists begins with the early pioneering works and then moves towards an outline......more

This book revisits a rich but overlooked field of Nepali literature and culture. Compared to the extensive research avai......more

Myung-Wha Kim is an acclaimed playwright, critic, and director. In this book, the first English language play collection......more

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Classical Indian poetics prized the skillful use of alaṅkāras, or "ornaments"--literary figures of speech. Across more t......more

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The Routledge Handbook of Indian Diaspora Writers is a seminal and comprehensive volume comprising an all-encompassing c......more

Professor Mitani, a specialist in modern Japanese history, shows up at Takatsuki’s office clutching a mysterious doll. A......more

This volume provides a timely contribution to the ongoing conversation on the agency of matter in environmental humaniti......more

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Once the exclusive domain of the aristocracy, classical Japanese poetry (waka) underwent a remarkable transformation in ......more

Lyric Poetry as State Criticism in Modern Japan explores how seemingly apolitical verse became a subtle vehicle for poli......more

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Critical Failures revisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of Japan’s early experiments with modern criticism. In ......more

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This innovative study examines literary censorship in China from 1900 to present. Literature and Censorship in Modern Ch......more

Supernatural Japan examines the role of Japanese writer Izumi Kyōka (1873-1939) in the formation of modern literature of......more

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This book presents a systematic exploration of ancient Chinese literary criticism, spanning from the pre-Qin period to t......more

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Forms of Melancholy in Modern Kurdish Novels presents a critical literary analysis of narrative forms used in Kurdish no......more

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Ocean, as Much as Rain presents for the first time in the English-language world a collection of masterfully translated ......more

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Against the backdrop of cultural exchange between China’s Central Plains and Western Regions during the Sui, Tang, and F......more

This edited collection is composed of four uniquely authored chapters, each of which examines collective identity in ear......more

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An authoritative perspective on the evolution and politics of theater performance in and beyond India. In Centrestage, t......more

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