Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harvard University Asia Center, 2021
ISBN 10: 0674251180 ISBN 13: 9780674251182
HARDCOVER. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover Edition. Octavo hardcover; 293 pp.; gilt title to spine. Tight binding; sharp corners. Looks nearly new minus very minor wear to foot of spine, but condition lowered due to pen underlining. Good. DJ: Glossy jacket. One 1/4 inch light stain to front wrap (otherwise looks nearly new). Good.
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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harvard University Asia Center, 2021
ISBN 10: 0674251180 ISBN 13: 9780674251182
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. Summary:"The civil service examination essay-known as shiwen (modern or contemporary prose) or bagu wen (eight-legged essay) for its complex structure-was the most widely read and written literary genre in early modern China (1450-1850). As the primary mode of expression in which educated individuals were schooled, shiwen epitomized the literary enterprise even beyond the walls of the examination compound. But shiwen suffered condemnation in the shift in discourse on literary writing that followed the fall of the Ming dynasty, and were thoroughly rejected in the May Fourth iconoclasm of the early twentieth century. Challenging conventional disregard for the genre, Alexander Des Forges reads the examination essay from a literary perspective, showing how shiwen redefined prose aesthetics and transformed the work of writing. A new approach to subjectivity took shape: the question "who is speaking?" resonated through the essays' involuted prose style, foregrounding issues of agency and control. At the same time, the anonymity of the bureaucratic evaluation process highlighted originality as a literary value. Finally, an emphasis on questions of form marked the aesthetic as a key arena for contestation of authority as candidates, examiners, and critics joined to form a dominant social class of literary producers"-- Provided by publisher.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harvard University Asia Center, 2021
ISBN 10: 0674251180 ISBN 13: 9780674251182
Anbieter: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harvard University Asia Center, 2021
ISBN 10: 0674251180 ISBN 13: 9780674251182
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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harvard University Asia Center, 2021
ISBN 10: 0674251180 ISBN 13: 9780674251182
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 293 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.