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Books by Eugene Chen Eoyang






Coat of Many Colors
Reflections On Diversity By a Minority of One
by Eugene Chen Eoyang, Professor Eugene Eoyang
Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 1996 by Beacon Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0421-0, ISBN: 0-8070-0421-9

"... inspired me with the thought that there might be an audience for these musings . I am grateful to David T. Abalos of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education, who invited me to participate in a memorable faculty workshop in the summer of 1989 at the first Multicultural Scholarship Institute, held at Seton Hall University. That led to invitations from Nino Scar- patti to present a multicultural lecture at Trenton State Colle ..."






The Transparent Eye
Reflections on Translation, Chinese Literature, and Comparative Poetics (SHAPS Library of Translations)
by Eugene Chen Eoyang, Professor Eugene Eoyang
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-1429-8, ISBN: 0-8248-1429-0

"In this remarkably stimulating and erudite series of essays, Eugene Chen Eoyang explores many of the underlying paradigms and presumptions in world literature, highlighting issues of cultural interchange and cultural hegemony. Translation is seen in this perspective as a central rather than a peripheral factor in understanding the meanings of literary works.Taking concrete examples from Chinese literature, Eoyang illuminates not only th ..."






Translating Chinese Literature
by Eugene Chen Eoyang, Yaofu Lin, Lin Yao-Fu, Eugene Eoyand, Professor Eugene Eoyang
Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 1995 by Indiana University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-31958-6, ISBN: 0-253-31958-7

"There is no greater challenge to a translator than the rendering of Chinese, ancient or modern, into English. In this fascinating volume, world-famous scholar-translators talk about their craft from a variety of points of view, confronting key issues of both general and specific nature and imparting some of their joys and the successes which can be achieved. The contributors are Cyril Birch, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., David R. Knechtg ..."






Two-Way Mirrors
Cross-Cultural Studies in Glocalization
by Eugene Chen Eoyang, Professor Eugene Eoyang
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2007 by Lexington Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-0500-9, ISBN: 0-7391-0500-0

"In Two-Way Mirrors, Chen Eugene Eoyang engages in cross-cultural study, shedding light not only on the object of study but also on the subject conducting the study. The book's leading metaphor is that of the shop window, which is at once transparent (allowing a view of the merchandise on display) and reflective (offering an image of the prospective shopper). Eoyang shows the different and oppositional premises in Eastern and Western poe ..."






Coat of Many Colors
Reflections on Diversity By a Minority of One (
by Eugene Chen Eoyang, Professor Eugene Eoyang
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1995 by Beacon Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0420-3, ISBN: 0-8070-0420-0






Selected Poems of Ai Qing
by Ai Ch'ing, Qing Ai, Eugene Chen Eoyang, Peng Wenlan, Trans Etal.
Hardcover, 457 Pages, Published 1982 by Indiana University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-20302-1, ISBN: 0-253-20302-3






The Promise and Premise of Creativity
Why Comparative Literature Matters (Hardback)
by Professor Eugene Eoyang, Eugene Chen Eoyang
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-0864-7, ISBN: 1-4411-0864-5

"The Promise and Premise of Creativity?considers literature in the larger context of globalization and "the clash of cultures."






The Promise and Premise of Creativity
Why Comparative Literature Matters
by Professor Eugene Eoyang, Eugene Chen Eoyang
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2012 by Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-8103-9, ISBN: 1-4411-8103-2

"The Promise and Premise of Creativity considers literature in the larger context of globalization and "the clash of cultures." Refuting the view that the study of literature is "useless," Eoyang argues that it expands three distinct intellectual skills: creative imagination, vicarious sympathy, and capacious intuition. With the advent of the personal computer and the blurring of cultural and economic boundaries, it is the ability to ima ..."






The Transparent Eye
Reflections on Translation, Chinese Literature, and Comparative Poetics
by Eugene Chen Eoyang
Published 1993
ISBN-13: 978-0-585-34447-8, ISBN: 0-585-34447-7






Selected Poems of Ai Qing
by Eugene Chen Eoyang, Ai Ch'ing
Hardcover, 457 Pages, Published 1982 by Indiana Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34519-6, ISBN: 0-253-34519-7






Coat of Many Colors
by Eugene Chen Eoyang
Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-0410-4, ISBN: 0-8070-0410-3






"Borrowed Plumage"
Polemical Essays on Translation (Approaches to Translation Studies 19)
by Eugene Chen Eoyang
Paperback, 197 Pages, Published 2003 by Rodopi
ISBN-13: 978-90-420-0854-0, ISBN: 90-420-0854-7

"This eclectic collection of essays focuses on a number of intriguing issues in translation: some of these "polemic" essays challenge certain widespread beliefs and practices: for example, the belief that humor is untranslatable; the assumption that translations are always inferior to the originals; the spread of translations that are more impenetrable to the target audience than the originals ever were to the source language audience; a ..."






Intercultural Explorations
Volume 8 of the Proceedings of the XVth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association "Literature as ... Memory" Leiden 16-22 August 1997 (Textxet 32)
by Eugene Chen Eoyang, Theo D'. Haen, Xxx Xxx
Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2005 by Rodopi
ISBN-13: 978-90-420-1636-1, ISBN: 90-420-1636-1

"Divided into four sections: "Asian-Western Intersections," "Intercultural Memory," "Intercultural Perspectives on Women," "Genre Studies," and "The Intercultural Arts", these essays from diverse hands and multiple perspectives illuminate the intersections, the cross-sections, and the synergies that characterize significant literary texts and artistic productions. Individually, they exemplify the insights available in an intercultural p ..."






Epistemological Contextualism
(Grazer Philosophische Studien 69)
by Martijn Blaauw, Eugene Chen Eoyang
Paperback, 269 Pages, Published 2005 by Rodopi
ISBN-13: 978-90-420-1627-9, ISBN: 90-420-1627-2

"Table of Contents Martijn BLAAUW: Introduction Duncan PRITCHARD: Neo-Mooreanism versus Contextualism Krista LAWLOR: Living without Closure Patrick RYSIEW: Contesting Contextualism Jessica BROWN: Comparing Contextualism and Invariantism on the Correctness of Contextualist Intuitions Adam LEITE: Some Worries for Would-be WAMmers Martijn BLAAUW: Challenging Contextualism René VAN WOUDENBERG: Contextualism and the Many Senses of Kno ..."






Voices of Justice and Reason
Apartheid and Beyond in South African Literature (Cross/Cultures 61)
by Geoffrey V. Davis, Eugene Chen Eoyang
Paperback, 406 Pages, Published 2003 by Rodopi
ISBN-13: 978-90-420-0826-7, ISBN: 90-420-0826-1

"Over the past fifty years transformations of great moment have taken place in South Africa. Apartheid and the subsequent transition to a democratic, non-racial society in particular have exercised a profound effect on the practice of literature. This study traces the development of literature under apartheid, then seeks to identify the ways in which writers and theatre practitioners are now facing the challenges of a new social order. T ..."

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