| Description |
1 online resource (781 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface; Chronology; Glossary of Chinese literary terms; The Thirteen Confucian Classics; Abbreviations; I BIOGRAPHY; Chapter One The early years; Chapter Two In Harmony Garden; Chapter Three The later years; II YUAN MEl'S LITERARY THEORY AND PRACTICE; Chapter Four The principles of poetry; Chapter Five The practice of poetry; Chapter Six Evaluation; Ill MAJOR STYLES AND THEMES; Chapter Seven Song-dynasty verse and Yuan Mei's ""normal"" style; Chapter Eight The historical style and the Qing re-examination of history |
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Chapter Nine The political style and the Literary InquisitionChapter Ten The didactic style; Chapter Eleven Narrative poetry; Chapter Twelve Eccentric verse and the Yangzhou artists; Chapter Thirteen The exploration of nature; IV APPENDIX: A TOUR OF HARMONY GARDEN; V TRANSLATIONS; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This is the first complete study of China's most popular eighteenth-century poet in any Western language. The work consists of a detailed biography, a study of Yuan's revolutionary reinterpretation of Chinese literary theory, and an analysis of his many contributions to the more original genres of Qing-dynasty (1644-1911) poetry such as narrative, historical, didactic, eccentric, and nature verse. The study is concluded by a generous and representative sampling of Yuan's poetry in translation, the first to do justice to the wide variety and richness of his oeuvre. Although many shorter poems a |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Yuan, Mei, 1716-1798.
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| SUBJECT |
Yuan, Mei, 1716-1798 fast |
| Subject |
Chinese poetry -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- History and criticism
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Poets, Chinese -- 18th century -- Biography
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Chinese poetry
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Poets, Chinese
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Qing Dynasty (China)
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136862175 |
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113686217X |
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