Readings in Chinese literary thought /

Readings in Chinese literary thought / [edited by] Stephen Owen.

In this dual-language compilation of seven complete major works and many shorter pieces from the Confucian period through the Ch'ing dynasty, Stephen Owen provides fundamental texts in the history of Chinese thought on literature and comments on them extensively. Canonical early statements, pre...

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Other Authors: Owen, Stephen, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1992.
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 30.
Subjects:
Chinese literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Texts from the Early Period
  • The "Great preface"
  • "A discourse on literature"
  • "The poetic exposition on literature"
  • Wen-hsin tiao-lung
  • "The twenty-four categories of poetry"
  • Remarks on poetry: Shih-hua
  • "Ts'ang-lang's remarks on poetry"
  • Popular poetics: southern Sung and Yüan
  • The "Discussions to while away the days at Evening Hall" and "Interpretations of poetry" of Wang Fu-chih
  • "The origins of poetry."

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