| Seven Lectures on Wang Guowei's Renjian Cihua Contributor(s): Chia-Ying Yeh, Florence (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138090042 ISBN-13: 9781138090040 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Asian - Chinese - Literary Criticism | Asian - Chinese |
| Dewey: 895.110 |
| LCCN: 2018038987 |
| Series: China Perspectives |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.95 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Renjian cihua is a masterpiece of literary criticism written by Wang Guowei (1877-1927), a scholar of the Chinese classics who lived during the late Qing and early Republican periods. Since its publication in 1908 and 1909, it has been one of the most influential academic works in China. Elegantly written, Wang's set of remarks on ci poetry (cihua) retains a traditional Chinese impressionistic critical approach, and can present difficulties to the common reader. This set of lectures by Florence Chia-ying Yeh explains the text to readers, making accessible Wang's famous theory of jingjie (aesthetic realm or artistic conception), his views on how the ci differs from the shi genre of Chinese poetry, and his critical judgments of various famous ci poets from the Tang, Five Dynasties, and Song periods. The lectures are presented here in an English translation by Maija Bell Samei. |