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The essays in Literary History in and beyond China examine the anthological histories that shape the concept of a particular genre, the interpretive positions that impel our aesthetic judgments, the conceptual categories that determine how literary history is framed, and the history of literary historiography itself.

About the author

Sarah M. Allen is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Williams College.Jack W. Chen is Professor of Chinese Literature at the University of Virginia.Xiaofei Tian is Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University.

Summary

The essays in Literary History in and beyond China examine the anthological histories that shape the concept of a particular genre, the interpretive positions that impel our aesthetic judgments, the conceptual categories that determine how literary history is framed, and the history of literary historiography itself.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah M. Chen Allen
• Assisted by: Sarah M. Allen (Editor), Allen Sarah M. (Editor), Jack W. Chen (Editor), Chen Jack W. (Editor), Xiaofei Tian (Editor), Tian Xiaofei (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9780674291270
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29127-0
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; China, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Comparative Literature, POETRY / Asian / Chinese, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets