Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical

Name: Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical
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ISBN: 9780253336569

ISBN-10: 0253336562

ISBN-13: 9780253336569

Edition: 2000

Authors: Andre Levy, William H. Nienhauser, William H. Nienhauser

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Andr Lvy sets out in this slim volume to provide a picture of Chinese literature of the past." He does so not in lengthy dissertations on literature, but by blending the colours of approximately 120 vivid translations with his personal insights on these works, and then framing these readings in innovative historical accounts. The result is a brilliant illustration of the four basic literary groups of traditional China: the classics, poetry, prose, and the literature of entertainment. Although Levy's narrative relates literary evolution to parallels in political and social history, he is less dependent on the political chronology of dynasties than previous histories of Chinese literature.…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/1/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 152
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Antiquity



Origins



""Let one hundred flowers bloom, Let the hundred schools of thought contend!""



Mo zi and the Logicians



Legalism



The Fathers of Taoism



The Confucian Classics



Prose



Narrative Art and Historical Records



The Return of the ""Ancient Style""



The Golden Age of Trivial Literature



Literary Criticism



Poetry



The Two Sources of Ancient Poetry



The Songs of Chu



Poetry of the Han Court



The Golden Age of Chinese Poetry