To perceive and to represent
Subtitle: a comparative study of Chinese and English poetics of nature imagery
By: Xiaoshan Yang.
Series: Asian thought and culture,; v. 24
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Literature, Comparative -- Chinese and Western; Literature, Comparative -- Western and Chinese; Chinese poetry -- History and criticism; Poetry -- History and criticism
Description: Drawing on classical Chinese poetics and English criticism from the eighteenth century to the Romantic period, this book is an intercultural study of the poetics of nature imagery. It addresses the two interrelated issues of mental perception and poetic representation of nature and pays special attention to theories of integrating natural imagery and human sentiment.

By contextualizing several major premises covering a similar area of critical concern in two different traditions, it suggests the possibility of constructing a common poetics in a specifically demarcated area.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-162) and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.