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Degrees of Affinity: Studies in Comparative Literature and Translation
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Degrees of Affinity: Studies in Comparative Literature and Translation

This book combines two collections of essays written by the late professor Zuoliang Wang, works that explore the affinity between literatures and peoples, with special attention given to that between Chinese literature and western literature in the 20th century, and which underscore the role of translation therein. Both collections have been previously published in book form: Degrees of Affinity—Studies in Comparative Literature (1985) and A Sense of Beginning—Studies in Literature and Translation (1991).
 
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Tags: Literature, Studies, Affinity, Degrees, Comparative
Why Are Artists Poor - The Exceptional Economy of the Arts
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Why Are Artists Poor - The Exceptional Economy of the ArtsWhy Are Artists Poor - The Exceptional Economy of the Arts

Most artists earn very little. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of aspiring young artists. Do they give to the arts willingly or unknowingly? Governments and other institutions also give to the arts, to raise the low incomes. But their support is ineffective: subsidies only increase the artists' poverty. The economy of the arts is exceptional. Although the arts operate successfully in the marketplace, their natural affinity is with gift-giving, rather than with commercial exchange. People believe that artists are selflessly dedicated to art, that price does not reflect quality, and that the arts are free.
 
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Tags: artists, their, gift-giving, rather, affinity, Artists, Exceptional, Economy
Sarah Waters - Affinity
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Sarah Waters - AffinitySarah Waters - Affinity

'Now you know why you are drawn to me – why your flesh comes creeping to mine, and what it comes for. Let it creep.'
From the dark heart of a Victorian prison, disgraced spiritualist Selina Dawes weaves an enigmatic spell. Is she a fraud, or a prodigy? By the time it all begins to matter, you'll find yourself desperately wanting to believe in magic.
 
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Tags: comes, matter, yourself, begins, desperately, Sarah, comes, Affinity, Waters, fraud