My review of Spells, Images, and Maṇḍalas by Koichi Shinohara (New York: Columbia University Press, 2014) has recently been published in the Buddhist studies journal Pacific World. From the opening of my […]
Book Review The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy By Nicolas Tackett I recently wrote a review of this book which was published in the Bulletin of the Jao Tsong-i Academy […]
Book Review Du Fu’s Laments from the South By David R. McCraw If ever a book tried way too hard, it’s this one. Supposedly a translation and explication of 115 […]
Book Review The Late Tang: Chinese Poetry of the Mid-Ninth Century (827-860) By Stephen Owen Stephen Owen does it again! With the The Late Tang, Owen, the most well-known and influential […]
Book Review Stairway to Heaven: A Journey to the Summit of Mount Emei By James Hargett In this monograph, James Hargett attempts to provide a comprehensive picture of Mt. Emei […]
Book Review Tsung-mi and the Sinification of Buddhism By Peter Gregory In this book, Peter Gregory outlines the intellectual life of the mid-Táng monk Zōngmì 宗密 (780-841), claimed as a […]
Book Review Can These Bones Live by Edward Dahlberg Edward Dahlberg is an unparalleled stylist among twentieth century writers. The chief reason to read his 1941 book of essays on literature, Can […]
Book Review Mi-Lou: Poetry and the Labyrinth of Desire by Stephen Owen What is desire? What forms does it take? Does it matter whether the object is a person or a […]
Book Review Orienting Arthur Waley: Japonism, Orientalism, and the Creation of Japanese Literature in English by John W. de Gruchy Orienting Arthur Waley is a noble attempt to study the life and […]
Book Review The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan by George Steiner George Steiner is a syncretist in the best sense of the word. Like Fredric Jameson, his main powers […]