Unexpected affinities : reading across cultures /

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"In this pioneering study, Zhang Longxi offers a much-needed reappraisal of the thematic and conceptual similarities that unite literary and cultural traditions in the East and West. An expanded version of the lectures he gave as part of the Alexander Lectures Series at the University of Toront...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zhang, Longxi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2007.
Series:Alexander lectures.
Subjects:
Comparative literature > Oriental and Western.
Comparative literature > Western and Oriental.
Littérature comparée > Orientale et occidentale.
Littérature comparée > Occidentale et orientale.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Comparative literature > Oriental and Western
Comparative literature > Western and Oriental
Het Westen.
Oosterse wereld.
Vergelijkende literatuurwetenschap.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The fallacy of cultural incommensurability
  • "Faire une perle d'une larme" : reading across cultures
  • "Within the infant rind of this weak flower" : the ambivalence of poison and medicine
  • "A paradise within thee, happier far" : the dialectic of return and reversal.

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