That wonderful composite called author : : authorship in East Asian literatures from the beginnings to the seventeenth century / / edited by Christian Schwermann and Raji C. Steineck.

• Superior document: East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture, Volume 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Schwermann, Christian,; Steineck, Raji C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: East Asian comparative literature and culture ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Did East Asian literatures, ranging from bronze inscriptions to zazen treatises, lack a concept of authorship before their integration into classical modernity? The answer depends on how one defines the term author. Starting out with a critical review of recent theories of authorship, this edited volume distinguishes various author functions, which can be distributed among several individuals and need not be integrated into a single source of textual meaning. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literary traditions cover the whole spectrum from 'weak' composite to 'strong' individual forms and concepts of authorship. Divisions on this scale can be equated with gradual differences in the range of self-articulation. Contributors are Roland Altenburger, Alexander Beecroft, Marion Eggert, Simone Müller, Christian Schwermann, and Raji Steineck.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Raji C. Steineck and Christian Schwermann -- 1 Composite Authorship in Western Zhōu Bronze Inscriptions: The Case of the “Tiānwáng guǐ ” 天亡簋 Inscription / Christian Schwermann -- 2 Authorship in the Canon of Songs (Shi Jing) / Alexander Beecroft -- 3 The Compiler as the Narrator: Awareness of Authorship, Authorial Presence and Author Figurations in Japanese Imperial Anthologies, with a Special Focus on the Kokin wakashū / Simone Müller -- 4 Fluidity of Belonging and Creative Appropriation: Authorship and Translation in an Early Sinic Song (“Kongmudoha Ka” 公無渡河歌) / Marion Eggert -- 5 Appropriating Genius: Jin Shengtan’s Construction of Textual Authority and Authorship in His Commented Edition of Shuihu Zhuan (The Water Margin Saga) / Roland Altenburger -- 6 Enlightened Authorship: The Case of Dōgen Kigen / Raji C. Steineck -- General Index -- Name Index.