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To perceive and to represent : a comparative study of Chinese and English poetics of nature imagery / Xiaoshan Yang.

By: Series: Asian thought and culture ; v. 24.Publication details: New York : P. Lang, c1996.Description: 166 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0820427535 (alk. paper)
  • 9780820427539 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: To perceive and to represent.DDC classification:
  • 895.1/1009 20
LOC classification:
  • PL2274 .Y36 1996
Other classification:
  • 18.85
Contents:
Introduction Comparative Literature and Comparative Theory: China and the West -- 1. The Rise of the Real Scene -- 2. "The Freshness, Raciness, and Energy of Immediate Observation" -- 3. Systems of Correspondence: Cosmology, Analogy, and Psychology -- 4. Natural Description and Human Reflection: From Moral Dogmas to Technical Precepts -- 5. Toward A Theory of Poetics Perception -- 6. Old Wine in New Bottles: Philosophical Poetics at Work.
Summary: Drawing on classical Chinese poetics and English criticism from the eighteenth century to the Romantic period, this book is an intercultural study of the poetics of nature imagery. It addresses the two interrelated issues of mental perception and poetic representation of nature and pays special attention to theories of integrating natural imagery and human sentiment.Summary: By contextualizing several major premises covering a similar area of critical concern in two different traditions, it suggests the possibility of constructing a common poetics in a specifically demarcated area.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks Non-fiction PL2274 .Y36 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00016178

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-162) and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction Comparative Literature and Comparative Theory: China and the West -- 1. The Rise of the Real Scene -- 2. "The Freshness, Raciness, and Energy of Immediate Observation" -- 3. Systems of Correspondence: Cosmology, Analogy, and Psychology -- 4. Natural Description and Human Reflection: From Moral Dogmas to Technical Precepts -- 5. Toward A Theory of Poetics Perception -- 6. Old Wine in New Bottles: Philosophical Poetics at Work.

Drawing on classical Chinese poetics and English criticism from the eighteenth century to the Romantic period, this book is an intercultural study of the poetics of nature imagery. It addresses the two interrelated issues of mental perception and poetic representation of nature and pays special attention to theories of integrating natural imagery and human sentiment.

By contextualizing several major premises covering a similar area of critical concern in two different traditions, it suggests the possibility of constructing a common poetics in a specifically demarcated area.

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