Tag: modern chinese literature and culture

• Cambria Press Author Carolyn T. Brown Speaks at the Library of Congress

  Dr. Carolyn T. Brown, former director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, recently gave a talk about her latest book Reading Lu Xun Through Carl Jung (Cambria Press, 2018) at the Library of Congress. Below are excerpts of her speech and here is the link to the video of the…

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  December 12, 2018

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• Cambria Press Publication Review: The Borderlands of Asia

  Congratulations to Professor Mark Bender (The Ohio State University) on the outstanding review of his book, The Borderlands of Asia: Culture, Place, Poetry, in the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC). The review states: In translating these poems into English, the global ‘language of interaction’ (p. xxi), the voices of poets from the borderlands…

  Cambria Press

  August 23, 2018

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  Asian poetry, Borderlands of Asia, Cambria Press SInophone World Series, Chinese poetry, comparative literature, literary anthropology, Mark Bender, MCLC, modern chinese literature and culture, Sinophone, Victor Mair, Zomia

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Supernatural Sinophone Taiwan and Beyond

  Congratulations to Professor Chia-rong Wu on the excellent review of his book, Supernatural Sinophone Taiwan and Beyond, in the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC). The review praises the book, noting that it is “a most welcome addition to the burgeoning field of Sinophone studies” and “makes important contributions to the field.” It further states…

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  May 16, 2018

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• Cambria Press Publication Review: Zhang Yimou

  Congratulations to Professor Wendy Larson on the outstanding review of her book Zhang Yimou: Globalization and the Subject of Culture in the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC)!   The book review notes: “At 420 pages, Zhang Yimou: Globalization and the Subject of Culture is a magnum opus. … Although I have emphasized the themes that run…

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  March 18, 2018

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• Start the New Year Right, with a Nobel Laureate!

  Today is Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian’s birthday! In celebration and in honor of all his tremendous contributions to the literary world, we highlight his eponymous book, Gao Xingjian: Aesthetics and Creation, which Gao himself has maintained is the key to understanding all his creative works. This book will be very welcome by fans of Gao’s…

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  January 4, 2016

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• MCLC: “The Chinese Prose Poem’s bibliography, a feat of compilation stands as a scholarly resource in and of itself.” -> Read the Outstanding Book Review

  Cambria Press congratulates Professor Nicholas A. Kaldis (Binghamton University (SUNY)) on the outstanding review of his book The Chinese Prose Poem: A Study of Lu Xun’s Wild Grass (Yecao) in the journal MCLC, which states that “the book’s substantial sixty-page bibliography [is] a feat of compilation that stands as a scholarly resource in and of itself. Clearly,…

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  March 17, 2015

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• MCLC book review nails it on why this book by Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian needs to be read by all in literary studies!

  Cambria Press congratulates Gao Xingjian and Mabel Lee on the glowing review of Gao Xingjian: Aesthetics and Creation by Dr. Kwok-Kan Tam (Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University of Hong Kong) for the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC). The book review accurately captures the essence of…

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  December 4, 2013

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