| Yüan Hung-tao and the Kung-an School Contributor(s): Chou, Chih-P'Ing (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521342074 ISBN-13: 9780521342070 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 895.184 |
| LCCN: 87006357 |
| Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 182 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Professor Chou here offers a new perspective on the rise and fall of the Kung-an School as a key to understanding the development of Chinese literary criticism in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. His book focuses on the literary theories of Y an Hung-tao (1568-1610)--the leader of the Kung-an School--and his two brothers. Its core is a detailed study of the poetry and prose of Y an Hung-tao, comparing his theories with his writings and analyzing systematically the merits and flaws of his work. The volume concludes with a discussion of the legacy of the Kung-an School, treating the School not only as the major force behind the expressive trend in the late Ming period, but also as one of the precursors of the modern Chinese literary movement. |