The Alter Ego Perspectives of Literary Historiography A Comparative Study of Literary Histories by Stephen Owen and Chinese Scholars /

• Main Author: Wang, Min. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Education.; Literacy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35389-5

Min Wangs book is a unique contribution to Chinese studies. Starting with a detailed survey of dozens of histories of Chinese literature authored in the past century by Chinese, Japanese, and Western scholars, she applies a highly sophisticated analysis to what she calls literary historiography....

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: An Overview of Chinese Literary History
• Chapter 3: The Notion of Discursive Communities: A Case Study of Huaigu Poems
• Chapter 4: The Cultural Tang and Temple Visiting Poems
• Chapter 5: The Alter Ego Perspectives and Literary Historiography.