Yüan Hung-tao and the Kung-an school
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Yüan Hung-tao and the Kung-an school
（Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature and institutions）
Cambridge University Press, 2006, c1988
- : pbk
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"This digitally printed first paperback version 2006"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [146]-163
Includes index
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Description
Professor Chou here offers a 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 upon the literary theories of Yuan 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 Yuan Hung-tao, comparing his theories with his writings and analysing systematically the merits and flaws of his work. The book 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.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The literary scene before the rise of the Kung-an school
- 2. The literary theories of the three Yuan brothers
- 3. The poetry of Yuan Hung-tao
- 4. The prose of Yuan Hung-tao
- Epilogue: the legacy of the Kung-an school
- Notes
- The modern study of the three Yuan brothers and their Kung-an school: an introduction and select bibliography
- Chinese titles of works translated
- Glossary index.
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