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The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry
Cecile Chu-Chin Sun
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Description for The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry
Hardcover. Chinese-Western comparative literature has been recognized as a formal academic discipline, but little has been done to develop a viable, common basis for comparison between these disparate literatures. This book establishes repetition as the ideal perspective from which to compare the poetry and poetics from these two traditions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
For more than half a century, Chinese-Western comparative literature has been recognized as a formal academic discipline, but critics and scholars in the field have done little to develop a viable, common basis for comparison between these disparate literatures. In this pioneering book, Cecile Chu-chin Sun establishes repetition as the ideal perspective from which to compare the poetry and poetics from these two traditions. Sun contends that repetition is at the heart of all that defines the lyric as a unique art form and, by closely examining its use in Chinese and Western poetry, she demonstrates how one can identify ... Read more
For more than half a century, Chinese-Western comparative literature has been recognized as a formal academic discipline, but critics and scholars in the field have done little to develop a viable, common basis for comparison between these disparate literatures. In this pioneering book, Cecile Chu-chin Sun establishes repetition as the ideal perspective from which to compare the poetry and poetics from these two traditions. Sun contends that repetition is at the heart of all that defines the lyric as a unique art form and, by closely examining its use in Chinese and Western poetry, she demonstrates how one can identify ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226780207
SKU
V9780226780207
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About Cecile Chu-Chin Sun
Cecile Chu-chin Sun teaches in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Pearl from the Dragon's Mouth: Evocation of Scene and Feeling in Chinese Poetry.
Reviews for The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry
"Unquestionably a work of the highest pedigree, this book is the product of a lifetime of thought and decades of exhaustive research. Sun clearly has experienced poetry profoundly and can speak profoundly of it. Her language is arresting through its strength of conviction and not because of literary flourishes or jargon. This book should be required reading for all readers ... Read more