Modernist aesthetics in Taiwanese poetry since the 1950s / by Au Chung-to.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Au, Chung-to.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 85.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 85

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese poetry--Taiwan--History and criticism.

Chinese poetry.

Chinese poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mucr. Au’s apph of the previous scholarship on Taiwanese modernist poetry easily falls into ideological arguments. This book participates in the development of an alternative approach to understanding Taiwanese modernist poetry. Droach emphasizes the diversity and intensity of experiences of place and placelessness in the work of five poets: Lomen, Luo Fu, Rong Zi, Yu Guangzhong and Zheng Chouyu. The phenomenon of placelessness is a problem in all modernity and so modern aesthetics is an outgrowth of modern society’s sense of placelessness. This book not only shows how place becomes placelessness but also analyses Taiwanese modernist poets’ responses to the phenomenon of placelessness. Four kinds of places are examined, namely, the house, the city, homeland and an imagined literary community, in this work. The result is both refreshing and original.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / C. Au

Chapter One. Introduction / C. Au

Chapter Two. Unhomely Houses / C. Au

Chapter Three. Imagining Taipei / C. Au

Chapter Four. Homelands As Shifting Ground / C. Au

Chapter Five. Imagined Literary Community: Language, Memory And Nature / C. Au

Chapter Six. Conclusion / C. Au

Bibliography / C. Au

Index / C. Au.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-202) and index.

ISBN:

9786612398926

9781282398924

128239892X

9789047442998

9047442997

OCLC:

647871792