Description: Further DetailsTitle: Chinese LiteratureCondition: NewEAN: 9780195392067ISBN: 9780195392067Publisher: Oxford University Press IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/23/2012Item Height: 173mmItem Length: 115mmItem Width: 18mmLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 019539206XDescription: Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture played in supporting social and political concerns. Embracing traditional Chinese understandings of literature as encompassing history and philosophy as well as poetry and poetics, storytelling, drama, and the novel, Sabina Knight discusses the philosophical foundations of literary culture as well as literature's power to address historical trauma and cultivate moral and sensual passions. From ancient historical records through the modernization and globalization of Chinese literature, Knight draws on lively examples to underscore the close relationship between ethics and aesthetics, as well as the diversity of Chinese thought. Knight also illuminates the role of elite patronage; the ways literature has served the interests of specific groups; and questions of canonization, language, nationalism, and cross-cultural understanding. The book includes Chinese characters for names, titles, and key terms. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Business & FinanceBook Series: Very Short IntroductionsAuthor: Sabina KnightItem Weight: 113gSubtitle: A Very Short IntroductionTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Chinese Literature
Title: Chinese Literature
EAN: 9780195392067
ISBN: 9780195392067
Release Date: 02/23/2012
Release Year: 2012
ISBN-10: 019539206X
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Very Short Introductions
Subtitle: A Very Short Introduction
Book Title: Chinese Literature : a Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: Asia / Central Asia, Asian / Chinese, Asian / General, Reference
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.4 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, History
Item Weight: 4 Oz
Author: Sabina Knight
Item Length: 4.3 in
Item Width: 6.7 in
Book Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
