Mongolian Literature Anthology: An Anthology

ISBN-13: 9781138976382 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 872 str.

Bawden;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Introduction, A Note on Spelling, A Short Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading, A Note on the Translations, History, Legends, Didactic Literature, Epic, Prayers and Rituals, Folk-tales, Sino-Mongolian Prose Literature, Tales of Indian Origin, Lyrics and Other Verse, Reminiscences, A modern short story

O autorze

Charles R. Bawden is Emeritus Professor of Mongolian in the University of London. From 1955 to 1984 he was a member of the academic staff at the School of Oriental and African Studies, university of London, serving successively as Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Mongolian. For fourteen years he was Head of the Department of the Far East and for two years Pro-director of the School. In 1985 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. Previous publications include The Modern History of Mongolia published by Kegan Paul and a study of missionary activity amongst the Mongols entitled Shamans, Lamas and Evangelicals: The English Missionaries in Siberia, published by Routledge and Kegan Paul. He is the compiler of the definitive Mongolian-English Dictionary published by Kegan Paul in 1997. He is possibly the world's leading authority on Mongolian Studies.