1 option
The aesthetics of the "beyond" : phantasm, nostalgia, and the literary practice in contemporary China / Jianguo Chen.
LIBRA PL2303 .C41165 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chen, Jianguo (College teacher)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Chinese literature.
- Aesthetics in literature.
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 217 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- 1 Imagine the "Beyond" 29
- 2 The Logic of the Phantasm: Writers as Shadow Hunters 62
- 3 The World of the Sensory: Yu Hua's Obsession with the "Real" 91
- 4 In Search of "Origin": Gao Xingjian's Nostalgic Journey to "Being" 126
- 5 "To be or not to be?": Death as the Paradox of Survival 162.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780874130171
- 0874130174
- OCLC:
- 228676650
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.