โ Scribed by J.D. Schmidt
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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. The study is concluded by a generous and representative sampling of Yuan's poetry in translation, the first to do justice to the wide variety and richness of his oeuvre. Although many shorter poems are selected, this is the first translation to include his outstanding longer poetry.
Harmony Garden will completely revise current attitudes in the west concerning classical Chines literature during the eighteenth century, a period that was long viewed as one of decline, but now appears to equal the golden ages of antiquity.
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Dedication
Preface
Chronology
Glossary of Chinese literary terms
The Thirteen Confucian Classics
Abbreviations
I BIOGRAPHY
Chapter One The early years
Chapter Two In Harmony Garden
Chapter Three The later years
II YUAN MEl'S LITERARY THEORY AND PRACTICE
Chapter Four The principles of poetry
Chapter Five The practice of poetry
Chapter Six Evaluation
Ill MAJOR STYLES AND THEMES
Chapter Seven Song-dynasty verse and Yuan Mei's "normal" style
Chapter Eight The historical style and the Qing re-examination of history
Chapter Nine The political style and the Literary Inquisition
Chapter Ten The didactic style
Chapter Eleven Narrative poetry
Chapter Twelve Eccentric verse and the Yangzhou artists
Chapter Thirteen The exploration of nature
IV APPENDIX: A TOUR OF HARMONY GARDEN
V TRANSLATIONS
Bibliography
Index
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