1st Edition
Harmony Garden The Life, Literary Criticism, and Poetry of Yuan Mei (1716-1798)
By J. D. Schmidt
Copyright 2003
784 Pages
by
Routledge
780 Pages
by
Routledge
780 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This is the first complete study of China's most popular eighteenth-century poet in any Western language. The work consists of a detailed biography, a study of Yuan's revolutionary reinterpretation of Chinese literary theory, and an analysis of his many contributions to the more original genres of Qing-dynasty (1644-1911) poetry such as narrative, historical, didactic, eccentric, and nature verse.... Read more
Endpapers: Harmony Garden, Preface, Chronology, Glossary of Chinese literary terms, The Thirteen Confucian Classics, Abbreviations, I. BIOGRAPHY, II. YUAN MEI'S LITERARY THEORY AND PRACTICE, III. MAJOR STYLES AND THEMES, IV. APPENDIX: A TOUR OF HARMONY GARDEN, V. TRANSLATIONS, Bibliography, Index
Biography
J. D. Schmidt
'It has certainly made this particular area of Chinese literary history brighter and more easily accessible.' - Journal of Asian Studies
