The Pillowbook of Eleanor Bron, Or, an Actress Despairs
Author: Eleanor Bron
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Eleanor Bron
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Eleanor Bron
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780413150707
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Valerie Henitiuk
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 2012-06-16
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 0776619799
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Makura no Sôshi, or The Pillow Book as it is generally known in English, is a collection of personal reflections and anecdotes about life in the Japanese royal court composed around the turn of the eleventh century by a woman known as Sei Shônagon. Its opening section, which begins haru wa akebono, or “spring, dawn,” is arguably the single most famous passage in Japanese literature. Throughout its long life, The Pillow Book has been translated countless times. It has captured the European imagination with its lyrical style, compelling images and the striking personal voice of its author. Worlding Sei Shônagon guides the reader through the remarkable translation history of The Pillow Book in the West, gathering almost fifty translations of the “spring, dawn” passage, which span one-hundred-and-thirty-five years and sixteen languages. Many of the translations are made readily available for the first time in this study. The versions collected in Worlding Sei Shônagon are an enlightening example of the many ways in which translations can differ from their source text, undermining the idea of translation as the straightforward transfer of meaning from one language to another, one culture to another. By tracing the often convoluted trajectory through which a once wholly foreign literary work becomes domesticated—or resists domestication—this compilation also exposes the various historical, ideological or other forces that inevitably shape our experience of literature, for better or for worse.
Author: Paul de Barros
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-10-16
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 0312558031
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Born in the UK as Margaret Marian Turner, she was trained in classical piano, yet was passionately attracted to jazz. During World War II she met jazz trumpeter Jimmy McPartland, protege of Biederbecke, married him, and together they made jazz history.
Author: Alan Clayson
Publisher: Bobcat Books
Published: 2007-01-26
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1783231114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the field of popular culture, a handful of artists enjoy a status that is beyond stardom - they are true icons whose life and art remain an inspiration to millions around the world. Sanctuary's Gospel series is a new collection of books that celebrate a handful of those artists through inspirational quotes, biographical anecdotes, photos, memorabilia and other miscellany from their life and work. Elaborately designed and organized into six thematic sections - Life, Love, Success, Family, Work and Friendship - and complete with a full discography of each artist, the Gospels serve as both a reflection on a life well lived and a model for personal success.
Author: Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 690
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Humphrey Carpenter
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Published: 2002-04-16
Total Pages: 414
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It was the British satire "boom" of the early 1960s that created a motherlode of styles, material, and formats for generations of bright comedians and social critics in America as well as in Britain, and set the standard for clever humor that still determines our tastes in comedy and commentary today."