{"product_id":"languageparadoxpoetics-a-chinese-perspective-9780691606187","title":"LanguageParadoxPoetics  A Chinese Perspective","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403945681239,"sku":"9780691606187","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691606187.jpg?v=1730484964","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/languageparadoxpoetics-a-chinese-perspective-9780691606187","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}