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100 1 _aPlaks, Andrew H.
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245 1 0 _aArchetype and Allegory in the Dream of the Red Chamber /
_cAndrew H. Plaks.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2015]
264 4 _c©1976
300 _a1 online resource (280 p.)
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490 0 _aPrinceton Legacy Library ;
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tIntroduction --
_tI. Archetype and Mythology in Chinese Literature --
_tII. The Marriage of Nii-kua and Fu-hsi --
_tIII. Complementary Bipolarity and Multiple Periodicity --
_tIV. The Archetypal Structure of Dream of the Red Chamber --
_tV. Allegory in Chinese and Western Literature --
_tVI. Western Allegorical Gardens --
_tVII. The Chinese Literary Garden --
_tVIII. A Garden of Total Vision: The Allegory of the Ta-kuan Yiian --
_tIX. Endings and Conclusions --
_tSource Notes --
_tAppendices --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aSurprisingly little has been written in Western languages about the eighteenth- century Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber, perhaps the supreme masterpiece of its entire tradition. In this study, Andrew H. Plaks has used the conceptual tools of comparative literature to focus on the novel's allegorical elements and narrative structure. He thereby succeeds in accounting for the work's greatness in terms that do justice to its own narrative tradition and as well to recent advances in general literary theory.A close textual reading of the novel leads to discussion of a wide range of topics: ancient Chinese mythology, Chinese garden aesthetics, and the logic of alternation and recurrence. The detailed study of European allegorical texts clarifies the directions taken by comparable works of Chinese literature, and the critical tool of the literary archetype helps to locate the novel within the Chinese narrative tradition from ancient mythology to the more recent "novel" form. Professor Plaks' innovative use of traditional criticism suggests the levels of meaning the eighteenth-century author might have expected to convey to his immediate audience.This book provides not only an illuminating analysis of this important novel, but also a significant demonstration that critical concepts derived primarily from Western literary models may be fruitfully applied to Chinese narrative works.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aAllegory.
650 7 _aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.
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