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A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.
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ISBN10: 0295987839, ISBN13: 9780295987835, [publisher: University of Washington Press] Hardcover 2008. Hardcover. New. [Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
University of Washington Press 2008 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Size: 6x0x8; First thus. University of Washington Press, 2008; First Printing with full number line; x, 295pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of pictorial boards; text very good throughout. No dust jacket, as issued. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
University of Washington Press, Date: 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6x0x8. First thus. University of Washington Press, 2008; First Printing with full number line; x, 295pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of pictorial boards; text very good throughout. No dust jacket, as issued. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2008. University of Washington Press ISBN 0295987839 9780295987835 [US]
ISBN10: 0295987839, ISBN13: 9780295987835, [publisher: University of Washington Press] Hardcover First Edition First thus. University of Washington Press, 2008; First Printing with full number line; x, 295pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of pictorial boards; text very good throughout. No dust jacket, as issued. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
ISBN10: 0295987839, ISBN13: 9780295987835, [publisher: University of Washington Press, Seattle] Hardcover Hardcover. Meng Jiangnu Brings Down the Great Wall brings together ten versions of a popular Chinese legend that has intrigued readers and listeners for hundreds of years. Elements of the story date back to the early centuries B.C.E. and are an intrinsic part of Chinese literary history. Major themes and subtle nuances of the legend are illuminated here by Wilt L. Idema's new translations and pairings. In this classic story, a young woman named Meng Jiang makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted laborer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208). But her travels end in tragedy when, upon arrival, she learns that her husband has died under the harsh working conditions and been entombed in the wall. Her tears of grief cause the wall to collapse and expose his bones, which she collects for proper burial. In some versions, she tricks the lecherous emperor, who wants to marry her, into providing a stately funeral for her husband and then takes her own life.The versions presented here are ballads and chantefables (alternating chanted verse and recited prose), five from urban printed texts from the late Imperial and early Republican periods, and five from oral performances and partially reconstructed texts collected in rural areas in recent decades. They r ...
ISBN10: 0295987839, ISBN13: 9780295987835, [publisher: University of Washington Press] Hardcover [Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2008]
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