The dramatic climax of the SEA OF FERTILITY, bringing together the dominant themes of the three previous novels; the decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal, and the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy.

The dramatic climax of the SEA OF FERTILITY, bringing together the dominant themes of the three previous novels; the decay of Japan's courtly tradition and samurai ideal, and the essence and value of Buddhist philosophy.

史蒂芬·贝利（Stephen Bayley），英国著名文化评论家、畅销书作者、艺术策展人与节目主持人。20世纪80年代早期，他与特伦斯·康伦爵士在维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆合作创办了英国第一个永久性设计展览“锅炉房项目”，后来又担任伦敦设计博物馆首席主管。他同时是多家设计师和建筑师事务所的顾问，为包括可口可乐、福特汽车、大众汽车、宝马汽车、绝对伏特加和哈维·尼克斯百货在内的诸多品牌提供咨询服务。作为一名意见鲜明、直言不讳的评论界权威人士，他经常在电视节目中出镜，还是众多报刊的固定撰稿人。他曾应邀在全球各地的大学举办讲座，获得“法兰西文学艺术骑士勋章”，还是英国皇家建筑师协会荣誉会员、威尔士大学和利物浦表演艺术学院荣誉研究员。

史蒂芬·贝利（Stephen Bayley），英国著名文化评论家、畅销书作者、艺术策展人与节目主持人。20世纪80年代早期，他与特伦斯·康伦爵士在维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆合作创办了英国第一个永久性设计展览“锅炉房项目”，后来又担任伦敦设计博物馆首席主管。他同时是多家设计师和建筑师事务所的顾问，为包括可口可乐、福特汽车、大众汽车、宝马汽车、绝对伏特加和哈维·尼克斯百货在内的诸多品牌提供咨询服务。作为一名意见鲜明、直言不讳的评论界权威人士，他经常在电视节目中出镜，还是众多报刊的固定撰稿人。他曾应邀在全球各地的大学举办讲座，获得“法兰西文学艺术骑士勋章”，还是英国皇家建筑师协会荣誉会员、威尔士大学和利物浦表演艺术学院荣誉研究员。

In this wide-ranging study of Japanese cultural expression, Alan Tansman reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility - present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings - helped create an 'aesthetic of fascism' in the years leading up to World War II. Evoking beautiful moments of violence, both real and imagined, these works did...(展开全部)

The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students...(展开全部)

..". a fresh, compelling, essential work of film theory. Recommended for all libraries." --Choice "[Jean Mitry] is the Aristotle of film." --R.D. MacCann "This text marks a watershed in film theory. Mitry sums up the first fifty years of theoretical writings on the cinema..." --Richard Abel "The rediscovery of Mitry could change the parameters of film teaching, breaking down th...(展开全部)

Cuteness is one of the most culturally pervasive aesthetics of the new millennium and its rapid social proliferation suggests that the affective responses it provokes find particular purchase in a contemporary era marked by intensive media saturation and spreading economic precarity. Rejecting superficial assessments that would deem the ever-expandingplethora of cute texts triv...(展开全部)