Allusion Criticism

19 books

Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers cover
Rating 3.0
Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers Green, Henry, 1801-1873 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Winged Words: The Treasure of Quotations of the German People cover
Rating 3.9
Winged Words: The Treasure of Quotations of the German People Robert-tornow, Walter, 1852-1895 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Miscellaneous Notes on Jin Yong (Revised and Expanded Edition) cover
Rating 4.0
Miscellaneous Notes on Jin Yong (Revised and Expanded Edition) 严晓星 Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 The title Shi Xiao ("Recognizing the Small") comes from The Analects: "The worthy recognize what is great; the unworthy recognize what is small." Appr…
The Forbidden Meat of the Heavenly Kitchen cover
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The Forbidden Meat of the Heavenly Kitchen 释惠洪 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have striking cha…
Common Sayings cover
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Common Sayings 沈约 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms have distinctive characterist…
Casual Records from the Ink Manor cover
Rating 4.3
Casual Records from the Ink Manor 张邦基 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive f…
Classified Biographies, Ancient and Modern cover
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Classified Biographies, Ancient and Modern 董谷士 · 2024 Since Ouyang Xun produced the Yiwen Leiju and Yu Shinan the Beitang Shuchao, encyclopedias (leishu) began to circulate in the world; thereafter imitat…
A Comprehensive Compendium of Affairs, Ancient and Modern cover
Rating 2.5
A Comprehensive Compendium of Affairs, Ancient and Modern Anonymous · 2024 An old gardener said, "If the roots of the hibiscus are not dug out for three years, they will kill a man." Li Bai's poem says, "Once it was a hibiscu…
Knowledge Handbook for Flowers in the Mirror cover
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Knowledge Handbook for Flowers in the Mirror Li Ruzhen Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2024 Supplements the knowledge beyond the pages of *Jing Hua Yuan*, covering an overview of overseas countries, exotic flowers and plants, and rare birds a…
Annotated Chinese Classic Fiction cover
Rating 4.4
Annotated Chinese Classic Fiction Feng Menglong / 张明高 / Chen Xizhong / 吴书荫 Zhonghua Book Company · 2023 Represented by the "San Yan Er Pai" collections, a body of Ming and Qing fiction has captivated readers for centuries and remains widely known and lov…
Boiling Rain Series IV: Literary Fare: Sketches cover
Rating 3.8
Boiling Rain Series IV: Literary Fare: Sketches 谢其章 · 2021 A selection of recent essays by the renowned book collector Xie Qizhang, The Literary Rice Miscellany takes Republican-era periodical collecting as it…
Modern Chinese: Record of the Thrown Linchpin cover
Rating 3.7
Modern Chinese: Record of the Thrown Linchpin 王明清 / 子昂 Liaohai Publishing House · 2026 A Southern Song collection of notebook fiction. The title means that the stories are so engrossing that guests are happy to listen and reluctant to le…
Record of the Thrown Linchpin cover
Rating 3.9
Record of the Thrown Linchpin 王明清 Liaohai Publishing House · 2026 A Southern Song collection of notebook fiction. The title means that the stories are so engrossing that guests are happy to listen and reluctant to le…
Miscellaneous Notes from the Lodge Garden cover
Rating 4.0
Miscellaneous Notes from the Lodge Garden 于慎行 The Commercial Press · 2024 The Miscellany of the Lodge of Illustrious Pursuits (Yupu Zaji) chiefly records major events of the Ming dynasty reigns, with particularly detailed ac…
Guanlin's Remarks on Poetry [Song] Wu Yu cover
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Guanlin's Remarks on Poetry [Song] Wu Yu 吴聿 Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 Emperor Wu of Han's "Xiliang Terrace": all the ministers joined in seven-character lines, some describing their duties, some humbly stating their inca…
Miscellaneous Notes on Language and Literature cover
Rating 4.3
Miscellaneous Notes on Language and Literature Lü Shuxiang SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2025 In a series of short essays, it offers accessible yet profound discussions of many common questions. Ancient China had a tradition of cultivating the …
The Inns and Taverns of Pickwick cover
Rating 3.1
The Inns and Taverns of Pickwick Matz, B. W. (Bertram Waldrom), 1865-1925 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Impermanence cover
Rating 3.8
Impermanence 赵焰 Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 This is a novel. The story is divided into four parts and blurs time and narrative setting, telling a story of Huangshan centered on four women named …
Lenglu Zashi cover
Rating 4.1
Lenglu Zashi 陆以湉 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2023 Lenglu Zashi, by Lu Yitian (1801–1865) of the Qing dynasty, is a volume in the Qing Historical Materials Notes series. In eight juan, it consists of c…