| Chen Jiru (1558-1639): The Development and Subsequent Uses of Literary Personae Contributor(s): Greenbaum, Jamie (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004163581 ISBN-13: 9789004163584 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $202.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: Focussing on Chen Jiru's writings, this study explores the various ways that Chen advertised himself to prospective readers, and the way that commercial and political interests used his personae for their own ends, from the seventeenth century to the present. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 895.184 |
| LCCN: 2007036705 |
| Series: Sinica Leidensia |
| Physical Information: 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chen Jiru (1558-1639) was one of the great late-Ming arbiters of culture and taste, and the impact of his innovations can still be traced in present-day China. In late Ming, when culture and taste enjoyed a social prestige beyond their usual standing, Chen's influence appears even greater than it may have otherwise. This is the first major work in any language to examine Chen's background, make a contrastive study of the genres he utilised in forging his literary reputation, and to examine the use that publishers and others have made since of the literary personae he constructed. A study clearly of interest to historians of early Modern China, as well as to those who study cultural and print histories of both East and West. |