The Art of Chinese Poetry

ISBN-13: 9781032260761 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 180 str.

James J. y. Liu

Opis

This book, first published in 1962, is a majestic survey of the whole structure of Chinese poetry. It is a critical introduction to the field as well as an exposition of Chinese views on the nature of poetry.

Spis treści

Part 1. The Chinese Language as a Medium of Poetic Expression  1. The Structure of Chinese Characters  2. Implications and Associations of Words and Characters  3. Auditory Effects of Chinese and the Bases of Versification  4. Some Grammatical Aspects of the Language of Poetry  5. Some Chinese Concepts and Ways of Thinking and Feeling  Part 2. Some Traditional Chinese Views on Poetry  6. The Didactic View: Poetry as Moral Instruction and Social Comment  7. The Individualist View: Poetry as Self-Expression  8. The Technical View: Poetry as Literary Exercise  9. The Institutionalist View: Poetry as Contemplation  Part 3. Towards a Synthesis  10. Poetry as Exploration of Worlds and of Language  11. Imagery and Symbolism  12. Allusions, Quotations and Derivations  13. Antithesis

O autorze

James J.Y. Liu