Title: Y�an Hung-tao and the Kung-an School (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521342074
ISBN 13: 9780521342070
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Professor Chou here offers a new perspective on the rise and fall of the Kung-an School as a key to understanding the development of Chinese literary criticism in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. His book focuses on the literary theories of Y�an Hung-tao (1568-1610)--the leader of the Kung-an School--and his two brothers. Its core is a detailed study of the poetry and prose of Y�an Hung-tao, comparing his theories with his writings and analyzing systematically the merits and flaws of his work. The volume concludes with a discussion of the legacy of the Kung-an School, treating the School not only as the major force behind the expressive trend in the late Ming period, but also as one of the precursors of the modern Chinese literary movement.

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A new perspective on the rise and fall of the Kung-an School is offered as a key to understanding the development of Chinese literary criticism in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

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