Expressions of Self in Chinese Literature

Robert E. Hegel, Richard C. Hessney

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780231910903
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780231882002
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Asian Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Explores Chinese literature to reveal the richness that exists and to dispel misconceptions about the Chinese literary self.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Contributors
• Introduction
• An Exploration of the Chinese Literary Self
• Part I. Self in Poetry and Criticism
• The Dusty Mirror: Courtly Portraits of Woman in Southern Dynasties Love Poetry
• Structuring a Second Creation: Evolution of the Self in Imaginary Landscapes
• The Expression of Self in the Kung-an School: Non-Romantic Individualism
• Part II. Self in Drama and Fiction
• The Self in Conflict: Paradigms of Change in a T’ang Legend
• The Fiction of Moral Duty: The Vernacular Story in the 1640s
• Beyond Beauty and Talent: The Moral and Chivalric Self In The Fortunate Union
• Maids and Servants in Dream of the Red Chamber: Individuality and the Social Order
• The Solitary Traveler: Images of the Self in Modern Chinese Literature
• Perceptions of Self and Values in Recent Chinese Literature
• The Search for Identity in Fiction from Taiwan
• An Overview
• Duty, Reputation, and Selfhood in Traditional Chinese Narratives
• Notes
• Glossary
• Index