Tao Qian and the Chinese Poetic Tradition: The Quest for Cultural Identity

by Charles Kwong

Overview

While Tao Qian’s unique position in Chinese literature is uncontested, there has been much debate over the relationship between Tao’s poetry and the life he lived and over the poet’s place within the literary and intellectual traditions of his time. Kwong’s nuanced analysis draws upon the full range of traditional Chinese literary scholarship and intellectual history as well as recent advances in Western literary criticism, hermeneutics, and comparative literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892641093
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Series:	Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies , #66
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Charles Yum-tze KWONG is Professor of Chinese, Professor of Translation and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Lingnan University.