On a Chinese Screen

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
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Book Synopsis On a Chinese Screen by : William Somerset Maugham

Download or read book On a Chinese Screen written by William Somerset Maugham and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On a Chinese Screen

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Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
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Download or read book On a Chinese Screen written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-10-18T19:49:51Z with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a Chinese Screen was first published in 1922 by Heinemann Publishers, London. Its 58 short vignettes are based on Maugham’s travels along the Yangtze River from 1919 to 1920. Although later editions of the book added the subtitle “Sketches of Life in China,” there are actually only a few descriptions of the places he visited and the local Chinese people he met; rather, Maugham focuses on relaying his encounters with a range of Europeans living and working in the country. Maugham is quite critical of many of them and their lack of interest in, and sometimes disdain, for the country and its people, except for the extent to which their careers and pockets could benefit. His sketches highlight the difficulties that many expatriates encounter while living in a foreign culture. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

On a Chinese Screen (Jovian Press)

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ISBN 13 : 9781548163556
Total Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book On a Chinese Screen (Jovian Press) written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ON A CHINESE SCREEN is a sequence of remarkable vignettes of Europeans residents in China just after the First World War -Westerners culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Somerset Maugham, who travelled over a thousand miles up the Yangtse river, used his acerbic and insightful notes to write this fascinating book.

Adapted for the Screen

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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824833732
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Book Synopsis Adapted for the Screen by : Hsiu-Chuang Deppman

Download or read book Adapted for the Screen written by Hsiu-Chuang Deppman and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hsiu-Chang Deppman puts landmark contemporary Chinese films in the context of their literary origins & explores how the best Chinese directors adapt fictional narratives & styles for film.

The Double Screen

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Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861898428
Total Pages : 298 pages
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Book Synopsis The Double Screen by : Wu Hung

Download or read book The Double Screen written by Wu Hung and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 1996-11-22 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first exploration of Chinese paintings as both material products and pictorial representations, The Double Screen shows how the collaboration and tension between material form and image gives life to a painting. A Chinese painting is often reduced to the image it bears; its material form is dismissed; its intimate connection with social activities and cultural conventions neglected. A screen occupies a space and divides it, supplies an ideal surface for painting, and has been a favorite pictorial image in Chinese art since antiquity. Wu Hung undertakes a comprehensive analysis of the screen, which can be an object, an art medium, a pictorial motif, or all three at once. With its diverse roles, the screen has provided Chinese painters with endless opportunities to reinvent their art. The Double Screen provides a powerful non-Western perspective on issues from portraiture and pictorial narrative to voyeurism, masquerade, and political rhetoric. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the history of art and Asian studies.

On a Chinese Screen

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523213542
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Download or read book On a Chinese Screen written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ON A CHINESE SCREEN is a sequence of remarkable vignettes of Europeans residents in China just after the First World War -Westerners culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Somerset Maugham, who travelled over a thousand miles up the Yangtse river, used his acerbic and insightful notes to write this fascinating book.

On a Chinese Screen

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Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book On a Chinese Screen written by W. Maugham and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese Screen: Sketches of Life in China, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in 1922.

On a Chinese Screen

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Total Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book On a Chinese Screen written by William Somerset Maugham and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Hesperides Press
ISBN 13 : 9781406794403
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On a Chinese Screen written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by Hesperides Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of sketches of life in China. Mr. Somerset Maugham writes with equal certainty and vigour whether his characters are Chinese or European

On a Chinese Screen

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ISBN 13 : 9781722440879
Total Pages : 152 pages
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Download or read book On a Chinese Screen written by W. Somerset Maugham and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a Chinese Screen is a sequence of remarkable vignettes of Europeans residents in China just after the First World War -Westerners culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Somerset Maugham, who travelled over a thousand miles up the Yangtse river, used his acerbic and insightful notes to write this fascinating book.