Chinese Aesthetics
The Ordering of Literature, the Arts, and the Universe in the Six Dynasties
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Word Count
89,750 words, Guess
Page Count
359 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8161826M
- ISBN-139780824827915
- ISBN-100824827910
- OCLC Control Number54537099
- OCLC Control Numberisbn_9780824827915
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004004777
- Goodreads976574
- LibraryThing899881
Classifications
- LCCBH39 .C5268 2004
Description
"This singular work presents the most comprehensive and nuanced study available in any Western language of Chinese aesthetic thought and practice during the Six Dynasties (A.D. 220-589). Despite a succession of dynastic and social upheavals, the literati preoccupied themselves with both the sensuous and the transcendent and strove for cultural dominance. By the end of the sixth century, their reflections would evolve into a sophisticated system of aesthetic discourse characterized by its own rhetoric and concepts." "Chinese Aesthetics will fill a gap in Western sinological studies of the period. It will appeal to scholars and students in premodern Chinese literary studies, comparative aesthetics, and cultural studies and will be a welcome reference to anyone interested in ancient Chinese culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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