| Chinese Aesthetics and Literature: A Reader Contributor(s): Dale, Corinne H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791460215 ISBN-13: 9780791460214 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: This comprehensive introduction to Chinese aesthetics and literature includes the major modern genres of poetry, fiction, and drama. Featuring the work of renowned scholars in Chinese studies, the book provides an historical survey of Chinese literature and explains its philosophical and historical underpinnings in Daolst, Buddhist, and Confucian thought. The traditions of lyric poetryi fiction, and theater are presented as cultural practices. Modern responses to the political and social crises of twentieth-century China and on the avant-garde experimental literature of twenty-first century China are also examined. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Chinese |
| Dewey: 895.109 |
| LCCN: 2003052620 |
| Series: Suny Asian Studies Development |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.06" W x 9.56" (1.00 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive introduction to Chinese aesthetics and literature includes the major modern genres of poetry, fiction, and drama. Featuring the work of renowned scholars in Chinese studies, the book provides an historical survey of Chinese literature and explains its philosophical and historical underpinnings in Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian thought. The traditions of lyric poetry, fiction, and theater are presented as cultural practices. Modern responses to the political and social crises of twentieth-century China and on the avant-garde experimental literature of twenty-first century China are also examined. |