Neither a borrower : forging traditions in French, Chinese and Arabic poetry / by Richard Serrano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serrano, Richard, 1965-

Series:

Studies in comparative literature (Oxford, England) ; 7.

Studies in comparative literature ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French poetry--History and criticism.

French poetry.

Chinese poetry--History and criticism.

Chinese poetry.

Arabic poetry--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Legenda, European Humanities Research Centre, 2002.

Summary:

In his studies of borrowing from distant poetic traditions, Serrano uncovers the heterogeneity of influences and intentions in the most canonical of texts: Mallarme (1842-98), Segalen (1878-1919), Wang Wei (701-61), the Classic of Poetry (8th century BCE), Buhturi (821-97), and the Qur'an (7th century CE). Revealing, among other things, that Mallarme was really a Chinese poet, that ancient Chinese poets discovered the workings of film imagery, and that the Qur'an's apparently disjointed narrative is profoundly lyrical, Serrano overturns accepted notions of how to read individual works and brings the methodologies from the study of one literature to bear on the reading of another with surprising results.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-234) and index.

ISBN:

1900755602

OCLC:

50686614