| Description |
xix, 255 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Proceedings of a conference held at Columbia University, September 12 and 13, 1958." |
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Third printing (omitting "Reading lists") |
| Contents |
Oriental classics and the teaching of the humanities. Opening remarks / Jacques Barzun -- Great books - east and west / Mark Van Doren -- Education in a multicultural world / Thomas Berry -- On exploiting the Greek analogy / Moses Hadas -- Books and world culture / Ahmed Bokhári -- Some great books of Oriental tradition -- The Qur'an / Arthur Jeffery -- Ibn Khaldūn / Muhsin Mahdi -- The Upanishads / George Borworth Burch -- Indian and Greek epics / Robert Antoine -- The Sanskrit classic : Shakuntalā / John D. Mitchell -- The analects of Confucius / Herman L. Sinaiko -- The Lotus Sūtra / Wing-tsit Chan -- The Chinese novel / Yi-tse Mei Feuerwerker -- The Tale of Genji / Donald Keene -- The poetry of the Far East in a general education / Kenneth Rexroth -- Practical problems in the teaching of Oriental humanities. Asian literature in comparative courses : some practical problems / G.L. Anderson -- Oriental humanities and the non-Orientalists / Arthur Danto. |
| Subject |
Oriental literature -- Congresses.
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Oriental literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
De Bary, Wm. Theodore, 1919-2017.
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