1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910438325903321

Autore

Cao Shunqing

Titolo

The Variation Theory of Comparative Literature / / by Shunqing Cao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-34277-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Disciplina

302.2

410

801

Soggetti

Comparative linguistics

Communication

Comparative Linguistics

Communication Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction The Variation Theory: An Important Breakthrough of Comparative Literature -- Chapter I Major Contributions of Influence Study and Its Weaknesses -- ChapterⅡ Major Contributions of Parallel Study and Its Weaknesses -- Chapter Ⅲ The Variation Theory on the Aspect of cross-state -- Chapter V Cross-cultural Variation Theory -- Chapter Ⅵ Cross-civilization Variation Theory.

Sommario/riassunto

Professor Cao Shunqing’s book on The Variation Theory of Comparative Literature, now available in English, is a welcome attempt to break through the linguistic barrier that keeps most comparatists in China enclosed within their own cultural domain. Cao’s book aims to open a dialogue with scholars around the world. The Variation Theory is a response to the one-sided emphasis on influence studies by the former “French school” as well as to the American focus on aesthetic interpretation, inspired by New Criticism, which regrettably ignored literature in non-European languages. Our Chinese colleagues are right in seeing the restrictions of former comparative studies and are fully entitled to rectify those shortcomings. However, it is important to view the rise and interaction of the various schools that Cao describes in



their historical context. by Douwe W. Fokkema Former President  of the International Comparative Literature Association Emeritus Professor of Comparative Literature, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910774788603321

Autore

Lottaz Pascal

Titolo

Sweden, Japan, and the long Second World War, 1931-1945

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, : Routledge, 2021

ISBN

9781003182061

1003182062

9781000402292

1000402290

9781000402278

1000402274

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in Second World War history

Classificazione

HIS021000HIS027100HIS044000

Disciplina

940.53254850952

940.5325485

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Sweden - Diplomatic history

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 - Diplomatic history

Neutrality - Sweden

Sweden Relations Japan

Japan Relations Sweden

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- In the beginning : early Swedish-Japanese relations -- Trade under protest : a war in all but name -- Fading protest : total war in China -- Staying relevant : total war in Europe -- Fully engaged : total war in the Pacific -- In the end : Widar Bagge, Japan, and the end of the Second World War.

Sommario/riassunto

Lottaz and Ottosson explore the intricate relationship between neutral Sweden and Imperial Japan during the latter's 15 years of warfare in Asia and in the Pacific. While Sweden's relationship with European Axis



powers took place under the premise of existential security concerns, the case of Japan was altogether different. Japan never was a threat to Sweden, militarily or economically. Nevertheless, Stockholm maintained a close relationship with Tokyo until Japan's surrender in 1945. This book explores the reasons for that and therefore provides a study on the rationale and the value of neutrality in the Long Second World War. Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War is a valuable resource for scholars of the Second World War and of the history of neutrality.