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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788572003321

Titolo

Tang dynasty tales [[electronic resource] ] : a guided reader / / [introduction and notes by] William H. Nienhauser, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-283-14387-9

9786613143877

981-4287-29-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NienhauserWilliam H

Disciplina

895.13308

Soggetti

Chinese fiction - Tang dynasty, 618-907

Chinese fiction - Tang dynasty, 618-907 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The tale of Hongxian / Translated by Weiguo Cao -- Du Zichun / Rania Huntington -- Record within a pillow / Bruce J. Knickerbocker -- An account of the governor of the Southern branch / William H. Nienhauser, Jr. -- The tale of the curly-bearded guest / Jing Wang -- The tale of Huo Xiaoyu / Zhenjun Zhang.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the genre of ""Tang"" tales in English, including discussions of the numerous Chinese studies from the last decade. ""Tang Tales"" itself contains the first annotated translations of these famous stories, which are deciphered and interpreted specifically for students and scholars interested in the medieval Chinese literature. Following the model of intertextual readings employed by Glen Dudbridge in ""The Tale of Li Wa"" (Oxford, 1983), the annotation points to the resonances to the classical texts; the translator's notes follo



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826107303321

Autore

Skorin-Kapov Jadranka

Titolo

The aesthetics of desire and surprise : phenomenology and speculation / / Jadranka Skorin-Kapov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-1847-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

142/.7

Soggetti

Phenomenology

Speculation

Aesthetics

Desire

Surprise

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

_GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack; _GoBack

Sommario/riassunto

The scope of this book is the characterization of the template for the properly aesthetic experience, composed of the prerequisite (desire) and the three subsequent phases: excess, pause (rupture, break), and recuperation (surprise).