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Using Iran as an example of an ancient civilization with a sustained course of continuity all the way to the present tim......more

Isabelle Hesse identifies an important relational turn in British and German literature, TV drama, and film published an......more

Volume 3 of Reynold A. Nicholson’s authoritative translation and edition of Rúmí’s magnum opus - reissued with a new for......more

Volume 2 of Reynold A. Nicholson’s authoritative translation and edition of Rúmí’s magnum opus - reissued with a new for......more

Volume 5 of Reynold A. Nicholson’s authoritative translation and edition of Rúmí’s magnum opus - here reissued with a ne......more

Volume 8 of Reynold A. Nicholson’s authoritative translation and edition of Rúmí’s magnum opus - reissued with a new for......more

Volume 4. of Reynold A. Nicholson’s authoritative translation and edition of Rúmí’s magnum opus - here reissued with a n......more

Volume 7 of Reynold A. Nicholson’s authoritative translation and edition of Rúmí’s magnum opus - reissued with a new for......more

The Ottoman Canon and the Construction of Arabic and Turkish Literatures fleshes out the Ottoman canon’s multilingual ch......more

Shiroshi and Seiji receive a letter of challenge from Ibara and head to a certain sleeper train to defeat him and put an......more

This book investigates the ethical and aesthetic implications of modern Persian narratives. While the dominant tradition......more

Based on first-hand historical materials, this book explores the various aspects of literary communication during the So......more

"Women Writers of Huizhou explores the convergence of two major historical trends in late imperial China, the diaspora o......more

"Women Writers of Huizhou explores the convergence of two major historical trends in late imperial China, the diaspora o......more

In this Open Access book, the reader is presented with an outlook on current developments in Japanese Animal Ethics and ......more

What is a ’title’ where multiple-text manuscripts (MTMs) are concerned? Titles most commonly denote the individual texts......more

People take notes in different contexts of their daily lives and for various purposes. While brief handwritten notes can......more

Violence and Postcolonial Marginalities in South Asian Literature explores the multifaceted dimensions of violence repre......more

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In the late seventeenth century, Japan’s cities were sites of vast diversity and dynamism. Following decades of explosiv......more

In the late seventeenth century, Japan’s cities were sites of vast diversity and dynamism. Following decades of explosiv......more

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Inspired by and committed to global Indigenous solidarity and South-South encounters, Indigenous Affinities examines the......more

Politics and Literature in Mongolia (1921-1948) investigates the relationship between literature and politics during Mon......more

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The book is the first study detailing the character, evolution, functioning and future of the smallholder and smallholdi......more

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This volume explores practices and experiences in Chinese popular religion. The research adds new materials and new appr......more

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This volume of interdisciplinary essays examines the intersection of religion and literature in medieval China, focusing......more

How did premodern Muslim scholars of rhetoric and exegesis interpret ambiguous verses in the Koran, particularly those s......more

This book explores the practice among Japanese writers in the modern era of composing kanshi, traditional Sinitic poetry......more

This volume with contributions on the literature of the Heisei era (1989-2019) contains analyses of contemporary Japanes......more

Hyakunin’shu: Reading the Hundred Poets in Late Edo Japan explores the "popular literary literacy" of the Japanese at th......more

This book examines contemporary debates on such concepts as national literature, world literature, and the relationship ......more

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The first comprehensive review of all extant "Italian" chronicles set in the Philippine Islands, this book juxtaposes "F......more

This book considers the contemporary political formula of the "Chinese Dream" in the light of the treatment of dreams in......more

Offering the first systematic overview of modern and contemporary Chinese literature from a translation studies perspect......more

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This book offers a critical lens to examine the socio-economic struggles and class dynamics of South Asian diasporic cha......more

This book is a comprehensive examination of contemporary Chinese science fiction (sf) under the framework of Chinese tec......more

Rethinking Literary China celebrates Andrea Riemenschnitter’s scholarly career and her influence on Chinese literary stu......more

This book explores the intricate and dynamic role of readers as witnesses, with a specific focus on Kurdish literature i......more

This volume traces the history of a set of Tibetan tsakalis, consisting of sixty-five initiation cards that survived the......more

Across the most diverse societies, the reuse of writing surfaces in contexts such as learning to write, note-taking, lit......more

"Maomao’s latest attempt at the court service exam earns her the role of an assistant at a medical office. Changes keep ......more

A Genre of Her Own offers an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through a surprising range of se......more

This book explores the possibility of using Sanskrit as a basis for rethinking human thought and reflection, challenging......more

Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art explores the history of intersex or futanari figures in modern Ja......more

What does it mean to write a literature of the present? In the early twentieth century, Arabic and Hebrew writers faced ......more

What does it mean to write a literature of the present? In the early twentieth century, Arabic and Hebrew writers faced ......more

Via a hermeneutics focused on Chinese numerology and concentric arrangements, the book offers a novel construal of the t......more

In the first book-length study of this major contemporary author, Peter Morey traces the influence of Kamila Shamsie’s f......more

In the first book-length study of this major contemporary author, Peter Morey traces the influence of Kamila Shamsie’s f......more

During the first half of the twentieth century, China saw sweeping changes in the material conditions and practices of c......more

"During the dark centuries between the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 CE and the golden age of reunified China under the......more

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THREE CLASSIC WORKS OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY TOGETHER IN ONE VOLUME. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu is a profound philosophical gu......more

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This book initiates a dialogue between two discursive fields of study, the Anthropocene and the Subaltern Studies. The v......more

This book examines the public perception, scholarly reception, and critical analysis of Japan through translations of it......more

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Indian literature is produced in a wealth of languages but there is an asymmetry in the exposure the writing gets, which......more

This book presents alternative histories of the colonial prison in Bengal, 1860-1945, focusing on the experiences of the......more

A detailed study of Egyptian papyri describing rituals related to Osiris, with high-quality photographic reproductions a......more

This book is the first comprehensive study of the twelve New Music Bureau poems by the influential poet-official Yuan Zh......more

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