Chinese literature : a very short introduction /
Knight, Sabina, 1966-
Chinese literature : a very short introduction / Sabina Knight. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 137 pages) : illustrations - Very short introductions . - Very short introductions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundations: ethics, parables, and fish -- Poetry and poetics: landscapes, allusions, and alcohol -- Classical narrative: history, jottings, and tales of the strange -- Vernacular drama and fiction: gardens, bandits, and dreams -- Modern literature: trauma, movements, and bus stops.
Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of.
9780199920952 (electronic bk.) 0199920958 (electronic bk.) 9780199913138 (electronic bk.) 0199913137 (electronic bk.)
9786613428004
342800 MIL 233389DC-FEF9-4B95-B6FD-5E578356F5DA OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Chinese literature--History and criticism.
Littérature chinoise--Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
Chinese literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PL2265 / .K65 2012eb
895.1/09
Chinese literature : a very short introduction / Sabina Knight. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 137 pages) : illustrations - Very short introductions . - Very short introductions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundations: ethics, parables, and fish -- Poetry and poetics: landscapes, allusions, and alcohol -- Classical narrative: history, jottings, and tales of the strange -- Vernacular drama and fiction: gardens, bandits, and dreams -- Modern literature: trauma, movements, and bus stops.
Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political history. This Very Short Introduction tells the story of.
9780199920952 (electronic bk.) 0199920958 (electronic bk.) 9780199913138 (electronic bk.) 0199913137 (electronic bk.)
9786613428004
342800 MIL 233389DC-FEF9-4B95-B6FD-5E578356F5DA OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Chinese literature--History and criticism.
Littérature chinoise--Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Asian--General.
Chinese literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PL2265 / .K65 2012eb
895.1/09