Modernist Aesthetics in Taiwanese Poetry Since the 1950s
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| Title: | Modernist Aesthetics in Taiwanese Poetry Since the 1950s |
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| Description: | Much of the previous scholarship on Taiwanese modernist poetry easily falls into ideological arguments. This book participates in the development of an alternative approach to understanding Taiwanese modernist poetry. Dr. Au's approach emphasizes the diversity and intensity of experiences of place and placelessness in the work of five poets: Lomen, Luo Fu, Rong Zi, Yu Guangzhong and Zheng Chouyu.The phenomenon of placelessness is a problem in all modernity and so modern aesthetics is an outgrowth of modern society's sense of placelessness. This book not only shows how place becomes placelessness but also analyses Taiwanese modernist poets'responses to the phenomenon of placelessness. Four kinds of places are examined, namely, the house, the city, homeland and an imagined literary community, in this work. The result is both refreshing and original. |
| Authors: | Chung-to Au |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Chinese poetry--20th century--History and criticism, Chinese poetry--Taiwan--History and criticism |
| Categories: | POETRY / General, ART / Techniques / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Much of the previous scholarship on Taiwanese modernist poetry easily falls into ideological arguments. This book participates in the development of an alternative approach to understanding Taiwanese modernist poetry. Dr. Au's approach emphasizes the diversity and intensity of experiences of place and placelessness in the work of five poets: Lomen, Luo Fu, Rong Zi, Yu Guangzhong and Zheng Chouyu.The phenomenon of placelessness is a problem in all modernity and so modern aesthetics is an outgrowth of modern society's sense of placelessness. This book not only shows how place becomes placelessness but also analyses Taiwanese modernist poets'responses to the phenomenon of placelessness. Four kinds of places are examined, namely, the house, the city, homeland and an imagined literary community, in this work. The result is both refreshing and original. |
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| ISBN: | 9789004167070 9789047442998 |
