1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787225803321

Autore

Yang Mu <1940->

Titolo

Memories of Mount Qilai : the education of a young poet / / Yang Mu ; translated by John Balcom and Yingtsih Balcom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; West Sussex, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-231-53852-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Collana

Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan

Disciplina

895.11/52 B

Soggetti

Poets, Chinese - Taiwan - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- TRANSLATOR ' S PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Mountain Wind and Ocean Rain -- Return to Degree Zero -- Long Ago, When We Started

Sommario/riassunto

Hualien, on the Pacific coast of eastern Taiwan, and its mountains, especially Mount Qilai, were deeply inspirational for the young poet Yang Mu. A place of immense natural beauty and cultural heterogeneity, the city was also a site of extensive social, political, and cultural change in the twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and the American bombings of World War II to the Chinese civil war, the White Terror, and the Cold War. Taken as a whole, these evocative and allusive autobiographical essays provide a personal response to history as Taiwan transitioned from a Japanese colony to the Republic of China. Yang Mu recounts his childhood experiences under the Japanese, life in the mountains in proximity to indigenous people as his family took refuge from the American bombings, his initial encounters and cultural conflicts with Nationalist soldiers recently arrived from mainland China, the subsequent activities of the Nationalist government to consolidate power, and the island's burgeoning new manufacturing society. Nevertheless, throughout those early years, Yang Mu remained anchored by a sense of place on Taiwan's eastern coast and amid its coastal mountains, over which stands Mount Qilai like a guardian spirit. This was the formative milieu of the young poet. Yang Mu seized on



verse to develop a distinct persona and draw meaning from the currents of change reshuffling his world. These eloquent essays create an exciting, subjective realm meant to transcend the personal and historical limitations of the individual and the end of culture, "plundered and polluted by politics and industry long ago."

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816682103321

Autore

Ray Robert B (Robert Beverley), <1943->

Titolo

The ABCs of classic Hollywood [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Ray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-772291-1

0-19-029580-5

1-299-39724-7

0-19-804344-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (423 p.)

Disciplina

791.430973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States

Performing arts - United States

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 (p. [329]-355) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Grand Hotel; The Philadelphia Story; The Maltese Falcon; Meet Me in St. Louis; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Speaking about the kind of filmmaking now known as Classic Hollywood, the most popular and influential cinema ever invented, Vincente Minnelli once gave away its secret: ""I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They're things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate."" What are those hidden things? Can we invent a method that will enable us to discover them? Robert Ray attempts to answer those questions by looking closely at four movies from the 1930-1945 period when the American studio system reached the peak of its economic



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910134678803321

Autore

Lormant François

Titolo

Forêt et Montagne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : , : Editions L'Harmattan, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

9782336372594

2336372592

9782336722702

2336722704

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

CorvolAndrée

DereixCharles

GresserPierre

Soggetti

Forests and forestry

Mountains

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book, compiled and presented by Andrée Corvol, Charles Dereix, Pierre Gresser, and François Lormant, explores the history, ecology, and socio-economic significance of mountain forests in France. It examines the delayed human colonization of mountainous regions, the spiritual and material value of these forests, and their economic importance through various historical periods. The book also addresses the impact of climate change and natural disasters on mountain forests and the subsequent reforestation efforts. Intended for scholars, researchers, and the general public interested in forestry, environmental history, and conservation.



4.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004363837407536

Titolo

Le tour du monde du rire / [édité par] Pierre Daninos ;  avec le textes de André Maurois ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Paris] : Hachette , 1953

Edizione

[46. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

288 p. : ill ; 19 cm

Collana

Série Gaie

Altri autori (Persone)

Daninos, Pierre

Maurois, André

Disciplina

843.912

Soggetti

Disegni umoristici - Francia - Collezioni

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia