M milner eds (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 260 pages, portrait frontispiece, a very good hardback in a very good dust-jacket, has the corner snipped off free end-paper.

Soft Cover. Condizione: New. First Edition. While humour and laughter are universal human characteristics, tastes and attitudes toward, and social conventions governing the use and expression of humour can vary widely among different cultures. There has in past been a lack of Western language material exploring and explaining humour in Chinese life. The present volume, examining the history, nature and evolution of Chinese humour from ancient times to the early 20th century, provides a highly readable study that admirably addresses this void. Ten internationally acclaimed scholars provide contributions including the exploration of humour and its relationship with healing and traditional Chinese medicine, Confucianism and concepts of 'proper' humour, Daoist humour, humour among members of historical elites, a translation and discussion of Lin Yutang's renowned essay 'On Humour', discovering humour in modern China and more. xviii, 291 pp., 13 b&w figs., notes, bibliography, index. Size: 23 x 15 cm.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good Minus. First Edition. Essays (by various contributors) on relevant topics to mark the retirement of R.L. Graeme Ritchie (1880-1954) from the Chair of French Language and Literature at the University of Birmingham. Topics covered include: Proust and Hardy/'A Semantic Group in Alpine Romance'/'A Bibliography of Eighteenth-Century Translations of Voltaire'/Rene Bruyez/'An Anglo-French Collection of Books in the Royal Malta Library'/Theophile Gautier/Pontigny/'Two French Attempts to Invade England during the Hundred Years' War'/'Ernest Renan and Alfred Loisy'/Taine and the Goncourt Brothers, etc. First Edn., 1949; full green cloth; titling/plain rules blocked in gilt (bright) to spine; xvi+259+[1]pp.; illus. bw. portrait frontispiece. Spine very lightly crushed at tail, but clean/bright/robust; boards clean/robust/quite crisp/very bright; top/fore edges lightly foxed, but pages very clean/crisp/bright; dj. very lightly foxed on front and lightly rubbed at top/bottom edges, with very small nicks to top of lightly scuffed/lightly sunned spine, but clean/complete. No inscriptions. VG in VG- unclipped dj. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Illus. by MARGERY B. ALEXANDER (Frontispiece) (illustratore). Hardback.…

Tapa blanda. Condizione: New. 1ª edición. LE TOUZE, P. / M. MILNER, EDS.: BERNANOS ET L'INTERPRETATION. PARIS, 1996, 251 p. , 380 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (NH-2-3) 380 gr. Libro.