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The Poet-historian Qian Qianyi

ISBN: 9780415494601 | 0415494605
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 6/9/2009

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SummaryTable of Contents
Lawrence Yim focuses on Qian's poetic theory and practice, providing a critical study of his theory of poetic-history ( shishi ) and poems from the Toubi ji . He also examines the role played by history in early Qing verse, rethinking the nature of loyalism and historical memory in seventeenth-century China.
This book is the first English language study of Qian Qianyi (1582-1664) - a poet and literary critic during the Ming-Qing dynastic transition. Although Qian "s works constitute some of the greatest achievement... MORE
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Qian QianyiG++s Theory Of Shishi And Historical Contexts
Qian QianyiG++s Theory Of Shishi And Poetics Of Ming Loyalism
Qian QianyiG++s Reception In Qing Times
"Renouncing The Pen For The Sword": Three Readings Of Qian QianyiG++s Shishi
The Prophesying Poet-Historian
The Poet As Mentor And Strategist
... MORE
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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