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The Tao And The Logos: Literary Hermeneutics, East And West (Postcontemporary Interventions),New
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Questions Of The Nature Of Understanding And Interpretationhermeneuticsare Fundamental In Human Life, Though Historically Westerners Have Tended To Consider These Questions Within A Purely Western Context. In This Comparative Study, Zhang Longxi Investigates The Metaphorical Nature Of Poetic Language, Highlighting The Central Figures Of Reality And Meaning In Both Eastern And Western Thought: The Tao And The Logos. The Author Develops A Powerful Crosscultural And Interdisciplinary Hermeneutic Analysis That Relates Individual Works Of Literature Not Only To Their Respective Cultures, But To A Combined Worldview Where East Meets West.Zhang'S Book Brings Together Philosophy And Literature, Theory And Practical Criticism, The Western And The Nonwestern In Defining Common Ground On Which East And West May Come To A Mutual Understanding. He Provides Commentary On The Rich Traditions Of Poetry And Poetics In Ancient China; Equally Illuminating Are Zhang'S Astute Analyses Of Western Poets Such As Rilke, Shakespeare, And Mallarm And His Critical Engagement With The Work Of Foucault, Derrida, And De Man, Among Others.Wideranging And Learned, This Definitive Work In Eastwest Comparative Poetics And The Hermeneutic Tradition Will Be Of Interest To Specialists In Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Literary Theory, Poetry And Poetics, And Chinese Literature And History.
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