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In attempting to define a "poetics of paradox" from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Editor's Foreword, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. xi*1. The Paradox Of Language, pg. 1*2. The Metaparadox of Poetics, pg. 38*3. The Poetics of Paradox, pg. 56*4. The Paradox of Interpretation, pg. 94*Afterword: Impersonal Personality, pg. 120*Chinese Words and Names, pg. 131*Abbreviations, pg. 139*Notes, pg. 141*Works Cited, pg. 157*Index, pg. 171

LanguageParadoxPoetics A Chinese Perspective

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691606187
      978-0691606187
      ISBN-10 0691606188
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In attempting to define a "poetics of paradox" from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Editor's Foreword, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. xi*1. The Paradox Of Language, pg. 1*2. The Metaparadox of Poetics, pg. 38*3. The Poetics of Paradox, pg. 56*4. The Paradox of Interpretation, pg. 94*Afterword: Impersonal Personality, pg. 120*Chinese Words and Names, pg. 131*Abbreviations, pg. 139*Notes, pg. 141*Works Cited, pg. 157*Index, pg. 171

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