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Häftad, Engelska, 2009
547 kr
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The book is a literary study of one of the greatest of Chinese writers, Ou-yang Hsiu. He was a major writer in each of several genres: prose, poetry, rhapsodies, and tz'u 'songs'. The striking diversity of his work presents an opportunity to investigate how one man's literary talent is manifested in different genres. Ou-yang Hsiu's achievements in each genre are examined, and set in the context of his age. Topics include the broad shift between T'ang and Sung dynasty prose styles that Ou-yang Hsiu helped to effect, his contributions to the new poetic values of the Northern Sung, and his place in the evolution of Sung dynasty songs (together with a reconsideration of a group of supposedly spurious songs). An appendix provides additional translations of Ou-yang Hsiu's prose.
Del 151 - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Exile and Invention in the Prose Writings of Su Shi
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
713 kr
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In Exile and Invention in the Prose Writings of Su Shi, Ronald Egan pays special attention to a neglected aspect of Su Shi’s literary work, those prose forms that had traditionally been considered less prestigious: the informal letter; the short colophon on topics such as poetry, the visual arts, and day trips; and other miscellaneous notes. Su Shi’s exploration of these “lesser” prose genres was tied to his periods of political exile—he turned to these forms during his first exile as alternatives to the political poetry and more traditional prose for which he was imprisoned. Later, when returned to high office, he continued to write in this vein, and it came to play a major role in his literary expression during the exiles of the last decade of his life. As Egan shows, Su Shi’s increasing reliance upon these non-traditional prose forms—even as he kept writing classical poetry—was linked to his political persecution, which pushed his literary creativity in new directions. It also greatly influenced Chinese literary history, inspiring writers of later centuries to follow his lead.
Del 90 - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Burden of Female Talent
The Poet Li Qingzhao and Her History in China
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
578 kr
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Widely considered the preeminent Chinese woman poet, Li Qingzhao (1084–1150s) occupies a crucial place in China’s literary and cultural history. She stands out as the great exception to the rule that the first-rank poets in premodern China were male. But at what price to our understanding of her as a writer does this distinction come? The Burden of Female Talent challenges conventional modes of thinking about Li Qingzhao as a devoted but often lonely wife and, later, a forlorn widow. By examining manipulations of her image by the critical tradition in later imperial times and into the twentieth century, Ronald C. Egan brings to light the ways in which critics sought to accommodate her to cultural norms, molding her “talent” to make it compatible with ideals of womanly conduct and identity. Contested images of Li, including a heated controversy concerning her remarriage and its implications for her “devotion” to her first husband, reveal the difficulty literary culture has had in coping with this woman of extraordinary conduct and ability. The study ends with a reappraisal of Li’s poetry, freed from the autobiographical and reductive readings that were traditionally imposed on it and which remain standard even today.