Chinese Shadows

Author : Simon Leys
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : 0140047875

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Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Gregori Navarro
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9798211984929

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Crito. An adaptation to Chinese shadows' theatre by Anonim Pdf

The book you are holding in your hands is a dramatization of one of Plato's most widely read Socratic dialogues. After the "Apology of Socrates", published in this same collection, we thought it necessary to adapt this work since it is its continuation. In this dialogue, and after Socrates' trial and condemnation to death narrated in the "Apology of Socrates", his friend Crito maintains the hope of the old philosopher's salvation and makes him a proposal. This work becomes an educational resource to work in the classroom in a multidisciplinary way: we will work on oratory, memorization, emphasis and dramatization of reading, philosophy, ancient history, theatrical performance, handicrafts, group work, structuring tasks and functions,... This book is designed to be read and played.

Author : Gregori Navarro
Publisher : Gregori Navarro
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9798211933538

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Aesop's Fables. An adaptation to Chinese shadows' theatre by Gregori Navarro Pdf

The book you are holding in your hands is a dramatization of two fables attributed to the Ancient Greek author Aesop. Aesop's fables are short stories that leave us with a moral with values and rules of conduct. They have survived from Ancient Greece to the present day and most of them are still relevant today. This adaptation of the fables becomes at the same time an educational resource to work in class in a multidisciplinary way. This book is designed to be read and played with.

Author : Fan-Pen Li Chen
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780773531970

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Chinese Shadow Theatre by Fan-Pen Li Chen Pdf

In her study of Chinese shadow theatre Fan-Pen Li Chen documents and corrects misconceptions about this once-popular art form. She argues how a traditional folk theatre reflected and subverted Chinese popular culture.

Author : Philip P. Pan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416537052

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Out of Mao's Shadow by Philip P. Pan Pdf

An inside analysis of modern cultural and political upheavals in China by a fluent Beijing correspondent describes the power struggles currently taking place between the party elite and supporters of democracy, the outcome of which the author predicts will significantly affect China's rise to a world super-power. 125,000 first printing.

Author : Wayson Choy
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
ISBN : 0143054368

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Paper Shadows by Wayson Choy Pdf

In 1995, during the publicity tour for his much-acclaimed first novel, "The Jade Peony," Wayson Choy received a mysterious phone call from a woman claiming to have just seen his mother on a streetcar. He politely informed the caller that she must be mistaken, since his mother had died long ago. "No, no, not that mother," the voice insisted. "Your real mother." Inspired by the startling realization that, like many children of Chinatown, he had been adopted, Choy constructs a vivid and moving memoir that reveals uncanny similarities between his award-winning first novel and the newly discovered secrets of his Vancouver childhood. From his early experiences with ghosts, through his youthful encounters with cowboys and bachelor uncles, to his discovery of family secrets that crossed the ocean from mainland China to Gold Mountain in the form of paper shadows, this is a beautifully wrought portrait of a child's world from one of Canada's most gifted storytellers.

Author : Martin Quigley
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547095552

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Magic Shadows by Martin Quigley Pdf

The art of "magic shadows" which just before the dawn of the twentieth century evolved into the modern motion picture, was born three centuries ago, in Rome. Just at the appointed hour for Kircher's show, a few distinguished Monsignori, in flowing purple were driven to the entrance in their carriages with a mounted escort. Nothing like Kircher's show had ever been presented before. He had chained light and shadow, but the suspicion was held by some of the spectators that there was a dark magic about it all and that Kircher had dabbled in the black arts.

Author : Genevieve Wimsatt,Genevieve Blanche Wimsatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Shadow shows
ISBN : UOM:39015011592170

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Chinese Shadow Shows by Genevieve Wimsatt,Genevieve Blanche Wimsatt Pdf

Author : William Vaughan
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781912706419

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Shadows by William Vaughan Pdf

What's the difference between a cast shadow and a form shadow? Why do shadows become increasingly important in Western art? Can we only ever see shadows, not objects themselves, as Plato claimed? In this beautiful little book, printmaker and History of Art Professor William Vaughan presents the history of shadows, from their emergence in the visuals arts to their association with death and the subconscious. Get ready! You may never look at the world the same way again! "e;Fascinating"e; FINANCIAL TIMES. "e;Beautiful"e; LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "e;Rich and Artful"e; THE LANCET. "e;Genuinely mind-expanding"e; FORTEAN TIMES. "e;Excellent"e; NEW SCIENTIST. "e;Stunning"e; NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.

Author : Poonam Surie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0367456443

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China by Poonam Surie Pdf

The book is a study of Confucius and the Confucian philosophy of being non-confrontationist, benevolent and with values such as filial piety and harmony. It covers an array of themes including Qufu: Confucius Country, Music and Poetry across China, Chinese Foreign Policy, Philosophy and China's Legal System. The book is beautifully illustrated as well as includes some enlightening photographs from the Confucius Museum in Qufu. It would be of direct interest to a variety of readers from Political /History/Sociology departments as well as the avid readers. Please note: This book is co-published with KW Publishers, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Author : Qilin Liu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Folk art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016311842

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Chinese Shadow Puppet Plays by Qilin Liu Pdf

Author : Harold B. Segel
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443857956

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Travel Shadows by Justinus Kerner by Harold B. Segel Pdf

Justinus Kerner (1786–1862) was one of the most celebrated figures in nineteenth-century German culture. A physician by training, he was also a leading member of the Swabian Romantic circle of poets which included, among others, Ludwig Uhland and Gustav Schwab. Kerner’s international fame rests primarily on his contributions to the investigation of paranormal phenomena. The most important of these was his exhaustive case study, Die Seherin von Prevorst (The Seeress of Prevorst, 1829). The book was translated into English in 1849 by the English writer, Catherine Crowe (1803–76). Until the present, this has been the only work of Kerner available in English. Apart from his many scientific publications and his poetry, Kerner was also the author of one of the more intriguing literary works of German Romanticism, Die Reiseschatten (Travel Shadows, 1811). Ostensibly an account of his travels through Germany and Austria following his graduation from the University of Tübingen, the book is a highly imaginative, almost surreal concoction of Romantic, sentimental, grotesque, satirical, and Old German folkloric elements. Attributed by Kerner to an itinerant “shadow performer” named Lux, Travel Shadows was inspired by the tradition of “Chinese Shadows” (ombres chinoises) and represents Kerner’s attempt to create a travel narrative in the form of a grandiose shadow show. In the introduction to his translation of Travel Shadows – the first in English – Harold B. Segel situates Kerner’s work in the context of the emergence of a German shadow show tradition in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Author : Patricia M. Thornton,Peidong Sun,Chris Berry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1316604756

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Red Shadows: Volume 12 by Patricia M. Thornton,Peidong Sun,Chris Berry Pdf

China's convulsive Cultural Revolution was conceived in 1966 as a 'great revolution that would touch the people to their very souls'. How are we to assess its impact fifty years on? In this volume, leading social and political scientists, historians and anthropologists examine the long-lasting consequences of the political, social, economic and cultural upheaval unleashed by Mao Zedong. Contributions from authors working within and outside the People's Republic of China consider the impact of this tumultuous mass movement from perspectives as diverse as market-based economic reform, clothing and fashion, the grassroots movements of late 1960s across the globe and the so-called 'lost generation' of sent-down youth. We find that collective and personal memories of the Cultural Revolution and its enduring institutional and social legacies continue to exert a profound effect on China and the Chinese people today.

Author : Philippe Paquet
Publisher : La Trobe University Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781925435566

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Simon Leys by Philippe Paquet Pdf

An award-winning biography of one of the greats. Simon Leys is the pen-name of Pierre Ryckmans, who was born in Belgium and settled in Australia in 1970. He taught Chinese literature at the Australian National University and was Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney from 1987 to 1993. He died in 2014. Writing in three languages – French, Chinese and English – he played an important political role in revealing the true nature of the Cultural Revolution. His writing on China and on varied literary and cultural topics appeared regularly in the New York Review of Books, Le Monde, Le Figaro Littéraire, Quadrant and the Monthly, and his books include The Hall of Uselessness, The Death of Napoleon, Other People’s Thoughts and The Wreck of the Batavia & Prosper. In 1996 he delivered the ABC’s Boyer Lectures. His many awards include the Prix Renaudot, the Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca, the Prix Guizot and the Christina Stead Prize for fiction. This substantial biography – recently published by Gallimard in France to wide acclaim and winning an award from the Académie Francaise – draws on extensive correspondence with Ryckmans, as well as his unpublished writings. It has been translated by an internationally renowned French translator Julie Rose (based in Sydney).

Author : Wilfred H. Mills
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781447495215

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Marionettes, Masks and Shadows by Wilfred H. Mills Pdf

A guide to the history, use and manufacture of Marionette dolls, chapters include, the marionette its family tree, choosing your play, making your stage, making your marionette, training your puppeteers and much more. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.