Testing the Literary : Prose and the Aesthetic in Early Modern China /

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"The civil service examination essay-known as shiwen (modern or contemporary prose) or bagu wen (eight-legged essay) for its complex structure-was the most widely read and written literary genre in early modern China (1450-1850). As the primary mode of expression in which educated individuals w...

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Main Author: Des Forges, Alexander Townsend, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Aesthetics in literature
Chinese prose literature > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > History and criticism
Chinese prose literature > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > History and criticism
Chinese essays > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > History and criticism
Chinese essays > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > History and criticism
Chinese examination essays > History and criticism
Qing Dynasty (China)
Chinese prose literature > Ming dynasty.
Chinese prose literature.
Chinese examination essays.
Chinese essays > Ming dynasty.
Chinese essays.
Aesthetics in literature.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics.
Esthetique dans la litterature.
Prose chinoise > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing) > Histoire et critique.
Essais chinois > 1644-1912 (Dynastie des Qing) > Histoire et critique.
Essais chinois > 1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming) > Histoire et critique.
Chinese prose literature > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > History and criticism.
Chinese prose literature > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > History and criticism.
Chinese essays > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 > History and criticism.
Chinese essays > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 > History and criticism.
Chinese examination essays > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Voice : an ideology of technique
  • Representative style
  • Measures and matches
  • The examined subject
  • Anonymity and identity.

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