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A Brief History of Japanese Civilization

A Brief History of Japanese Civilization

Conrad Schirokauer

This compelling text explores the development of Japan through its art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through its economic, political, and social history.
A Brief History of Chinese Civilization

A Brief History of Chinese Civilization

Conrad Schirokauer

This compelling text explores the development of China through its art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through its economic, political, and social history.
A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations

A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations

Conrad Schirokauer

This compelling text explores the development of China and Japan through their art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through their economic, political, and social history.
Modern China and Japan: A Brief History

Modern China and Japan: A Brief History

Conrad Schirokauer

Concentrates on the main currents of modern Chinese and Japanese history from the seventeenth century to the present. Balances social and political facets as well as Far Eastern thought, religion, and the arts.
A Brief History of Japanese Civilization

A Brief History of Japanese Civilization

Conrad Schirokauer

Also at Columbia, Lurie is grateful to the students in his Japan Civ. classes of spring and fall 2003 and especially to his teaching assistants Adam Clulow, Michael Emmerich, Eric Han, Federico Marcon, and Leila Wice. He also thanks Adam ...
A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations

A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations

Conrad Schirokauer

Also at Columbia, Lurie is grateful to the students in his Japan Civ. classes of spring and fall 2003 and especially to his teaching assistants Adam Clulow, Michael Emmerich, Eric Han, Federico Marcon, and Leila Wice. He also thanks Adam ...
Ordering the World: Approaches to State and Society in Sung ...

Ordering the World: Approaches to State and Society in Sung ...

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Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty China Robert P. Hymes, Conrad Schirokauer. moral leader. Although Chu's memorials addressing the emperor directly do deal in a meaningful way both with issues of personnel and ...
Modern East Asia: A Brief History

Modern East Asia: A Brief History

Conrad Schirokauer

Modern East Asia: A Brief History.
Conrad's Eastern World

Conrad's Eastern World

Norman Sherry

Professor Sherry establishes how well Conrad knew the East and how the original material he garnered there was supplemented from other sources; he also shows what Conrad made of his experiences, thus revealing clearly what the artist's own ...
Joseph Conrad Among the Anarchists: Nineteenth Century ...

Joseph Conrad Among the Anarchists: Nineteenth Century ...

David Mulry

Hence, according to Emily Dalgarno in “Conrad, Pinker and the Writing of The Secret Agent,” in 1908, Conrad was in debt to the amount of £1572. By 1910, it had risen to £2700, and though the debt had much diminished with the success of ...
An Annotated Critical Bibliography of Joseph Conrad

An Annotated Critical Bibliography of Joseph Conrad

Owen Knowles

This freshly researched bibliography is designed to provide a selective survey of Conrad scholarship and criticism in English from 1914 (when the first full-length study of Conrad's fiction was published) to 1990.
The Oxford Reader's Companion to Conrad

The Oxford Reader's Companion to Conrad

Owen Knowles

Entries cover Conrad's life (health, Polish inheritance, the sea, ships and voyages), people (Borys Conrad, Apollo and Ewa Korzeniowski, J.M. Barrie, Stephen Crane, Stefan Zeromski), places (America, Bangkok, Berdyczow, Congo, Cracow, ...
Suspense

Suspense

Joseph Conrad

An authoritative and fully annotated edition of Conrad's last novel.
The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

The first of a projected eight-volume edition of all the surviving letters of Joseph Conrad.
An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting

An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting

Barry Conrad

... Chuck McAdams, Marla Brooks, Victoria Gross, Margie Wacker, Dita Conrad, Cara Rebecca Donner, Cassandra Donner, Patsy and Thomas Terry, Bryan Moore, Beverly Gina Walden, Richard Kashanski, Linda Conrad, Adiz Carpintero, Lisa ...
Joseph Conrad: A Biography

Joseph Conrad: A Biography

Jeffrey Meyers

In Joseph Conrad: A Biography, acclaimed writer Jeffrey Meyers presents the definitive account of the life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, and many other landmarks in modern literature.
Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography

Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography

John T. Soister

Afterword. by. Henry. Nicolella. Bibliography. CONRAD. VEIDT: THE. LAST. ROMANTIC. It's sad that most moviegoers best remember Conrad Veidt for one of his ... he loves, a woman long dead. The Wandering 319 Afterword by Henry Nicolella.
Last Essays

Last Essays

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad, Harold Ray Stevens, J. H. Stape Owen Knowles ... Bibliography CDP Chronology CWW Documents Knowles and Stape Letters Miłob ̨edzki Najder William R. Cagle and Robert W. Trogdon, 'A Bibliography of Joseph Conrad' ...
Penumbra

Penumbra

Conrad Richard Edward Kolbe

Short stories and poems written in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1926 by Conrad Richard Edward Kolbe. Also includes selected poetry by Katherine Brown, Word War II poetry by Conrad Kolbe, Jr., and family memories and history by Eunice Ross.
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

Harold Bloom

Presents a collection of critical essays about Conrad's famous novel, arranged in chronological order of publication.
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Casebook

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Casebook

Gene M. Moore

The volume concludes with an interview in which Conrad compares his adventures on the Congo with Mark Twain's experiences as a Mississippi pilot.
Joseph Conrad and the Adventure Tradition

Joseph Conrad and the Adventure Tradition

Andrea White

A study of Conrad's fiction in relation to earlier travel and adventure writing on the British empire.
Joseph Conrad: A Life

Joseph Conrad: A Life

Zdzisław Najder

Up-to-date and extensive revision of Najder's much-acclaimed scholarly biography of Conrad, employing newly accessible sources.
Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

M. C. Bradbrook

Originally published in 1941, this book provides a brief study of the life and work of Joseph Conrad ('Poland's English genius') through the lens of his writings.
Time Is All We Have

Time Is All We Have

Barnaby Conrad

Writer Barnaby Conrad offers a fascinating glimpse inside the Betty Ford rehabilitation facility where he spent 30 days learning to overcome his alcoholism.
Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

Allan Simmons

Joseph Conrad is one of the great figures in the tradition of the novel.
Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

Allan Simmons

Joseph Conrad is one of the great figures in the tradition of the novel.

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