Patchwork : : seven essays on art and literature. / / by Qian Zhongshu ; translated by Duncan M. Campbell.

• Author: Qian, Zhongshu, 1910-1998.
• TeilnehmendeR: Campbell, Duncan M.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [The Netherlands] : : Brill,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: East Asian Comparative Literature and Culture 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Patchwork: Seven Essays on Art and Literature presents in English translation a number of essays written by the Chinese literary scholar and novelist Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998). One of the great minds of the twentieth century, Qian, with his characteristic erudition and wit, addresses here aspects of...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction by Professor Zhang Longxi
• Translator’s Introduction
• Preface by Qian Zhongshu 序
• 1. Chinese Poetry and Chinese Painting 中國詩與中國畫
• 2. On Reading Laokoon 讀拉奧孔
• 3. Synaesthesia 通感
• 4. Lin Shu’s Translations 林紓的翻譯
• 5. Poetry as a Vehicle of Grief 詩可以怨
• 6. Longfellow’s “A Psalm of Life”—the First English Poem Translated into Chinese—and Several Other Related Matters 漢譯第一首英語詩人生頌及有關二三事
• 7. An Historical Anecdote, a Religious Parable, and a Novel 一節歷史掌故一個宗教寓言一篇小說
• Appendix
• Index of Proper Names, Book Titles, and Terms.