Yüan Hung-Tao and the Kung-An School

by Chih-p'ing Chou

Book Overview

Professor Chou here offers a new perspective on the rise and fall of the Kung-an School as a key to understanding the development of Chinese literary criticism in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. His book focuses on the literary theories of Y an Hung-tao (1568-1610)--the leader of the Kung-an School--and his two brothers. Its core is a detailed study of the poetry and prose of Y an Hung-tao, comparing his theories with his writings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521027659
• ISBN13: 9780521027656
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"