Language-Paradox-Poetics: A Chinese Perspective
James J.-Y. Liu
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Hardback. Editor(s): Lynn, Richard John. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; CFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
In attempting to define a poetics of paradox from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less is said in poetry, the more is meant. Such a view implied the existence of paradox in the very use of language and led traditional Chinese hermeneutics to a study of metaparadox --the use of language to explicate texts the meaning of which transcends language itself. ... Read more
In attempting to define a poetics of paradox from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less is said in poetry, the more is meant. Such a view implied the existence of paradox in the very use of language and led traditional Chinese hermeneutics to a study of metaparadox --the use of language to explicate texts the meaning of which transcends language itself. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Weight
428 g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691634999
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V9780691634999
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