Chinese Literary Criticism, Introduction to Chinese Prose

Author: Fang Xiaoyue
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: A History of Chinese Literary Criticism is a comprehensive study of classical Chinese literature, divided into three volumes and forty-five chapters. It discusses over sixty literary critics from various dynasties, outlining the historical development of critical principles in chronological order and exploring Chinese literary thought from the pre-Qin period to the Qing Dynasty. Since its publication in the 1930s, the book has been continuously reprinted and remains timeless. An Introduction to Chinese Prose categorizes Chinese prose into Confucian prose, prose by renowned writers, and prose by masters of rhetoric, providing a concise and insightful explanation.