Spatiality of Emotion in Early Modern China From Dreamscapes to Theatricality

Ling Hon Lam gives a deeply original account of the history of emotions in Chinese literature centered on the idea of emotion as space. Tracing how the emotion-realm underwent significant transformations from the dreamscape to theatricality in sixteenth- to eighteenth-century China, this book is a major rethinking of key terms in Chinese culture.

A propos de l'auteur

Ling Hon Lam is associate professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley.

Résumé

Ling Hon Lam gives a deeply original account of the history of emotions in Chinese literature centered on the idea of emotion as space. Tracing how the emotion-realm underwent significant transformations from the dreamscape to theatricality in sixteenth- to eighteenth-century China, this book is a major rethinking of key terms in Chinese culture.

Texte suppl.

Provocative and ambitious.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ling Hon Lam
• Edition: Columbia University Press
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 30.11.2021
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée
• EAN: 9780231187954
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18795-4
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Catégories: LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 16th Century, Psychology: emotions, Chinese, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary Criticism, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600