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Language-Paradox-Poetics: A Chinese Perspective
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Full Title:
Language-Paradox-Poetics: A Chinese Perspective
Contributors:
By (Author) James J.Y. Liu
Edited by Richard John Lynn
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
495.116
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
192
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
255g
Description
In attempting to define a "poetics of paradox" from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less
