Chinese Theories of Literary Creation - 9781478026990

Chinese Theories of Literary CreationA Historical and Critical Introduction\nAuthor(s): Zong-qi Cai\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9781478026990, 978-1478026990\nSynopsis\nThis supplement to volume 20 of Prism is the first installment of a four-part project, with roughly concurrent publication in Chinese and English. The works in this project, which include Chinese monographs by Prisms editor Zong-qi Cai, cover Chinese theories of literature, literary creation, interpretation, and aesthetic judgment. This supplement, specifically, covers topics that include the inadequate presence of Chinas literary theory and literary creation in English-language scholarship; an analytical and analytical-reconstructive approach to Six Dynasties comprehensive theories that pieces together isolated comments made by multiple authors over different times into a theoretic collage the philosophical foundations laid by pre-Qin a.