The Alter Ego Perspectives of Literary Historiography

The Alter Ego Perspectives of Literary Historiography
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9783642353895
ISBN-13 : 3642353894
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Book Synopsis The Alter Ego Perspectives of Literary Historiography by : Min Wang

Download or read book The Alter Ego Perspectives of Literary Historiography written by Min Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book mainly discusses about the alter ego perspectives in literary historiography. This comparative analysis of the major Chinese literary histories in China and in the West brings to light the alter ego perspectives of Stephen Owen in literary historiography. The most interesting part of the book will be the interpretation of new notions and perspectives proposed by Stephen Owen, especially in the newly published The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature (2010). This book gives a detailed overview about the different stages of writing Chinese literary history and the different modes of literary historiography in China and in the West. Two case studies of Chinese poems are made on the notion of discursive communities and the Cultural Tang. Readers will a better understanding about the paradigm of literary historiography and the interrelationships between the different modes of literary historiography and the intellectual history. ​


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