UID:
edocfu_9958353204802883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442685086
Series Statement:
Alexander Lectures
Content:
East-West comparative literature is a field of study that has seen tremendous growth in recent years. In this pioneering study, renowned scholar Zhang Longxi offers a much-needed reappraisal of the thematic and conceptual similarities that unite literary and cultural traditions in the East and West.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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1. The Fallacy of Cultural Incommensurability --
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2. ‘Faire une perle d’une larme’: Reading across Cultures --
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3. ‘Within the infant rind of this weak flower’: The Ambivalence of Poison and Medicine --
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4. ‘A paradise within thee, happier far’: The Dialectic of Return and Reversal --
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Index
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442685086
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442685086
