Subject: Emotions in literature

Minds and mentalities in traditional Chinese literature
AuthorEifring, Halvor
PlaceBeijing 北京
PublisherCulture and Art Pub. House
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
TypeBook
SeriesStudies of Chinese literature and psychology ; 1
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberPL2272.5.E54 1999
Descriptionxiv, 422 p. ; 22 cm.
NoteMinds and mentalities in traditional Chinese literature / edited by Halvor Eifring.
Papers originally presented at a seminar on "Mental states in traditional Chinese literature" in Norway in 1995.
Chinese title on colophon: 中国传统文学之情感与心态.
Includes bibliographical references.
In English, with passages in Chinese.

Preface / David Hawkes -- Songs of the self: self-expression through song lyrics in Jin Ping Mei / David T. Roy -- Self-enclosure and self-absorption in the classic Chinese novel / Andrew Plaks -- Chinese faces : the sociopsychology of facial features as described in The Story of the Stone / Halvor Eifring -- Body and character: physiognomical description in Han dynasty literature / Rune Svarverud -- The mentality of Monkey in The Journey to the West: a semiotic interpretation / Heng-syung Jeng -- Indirect expression of mental states : ramblings into Chinese traditional fiction André Lévy -- Emotions and the origin of evil in neo-Confucian thought / Paolo Santangelo -- Weeping and wailing in ancient China / Christoph Harbsmeier.
Keywords: Jin Ping Mei 金瓶梅, Hongloumeng 紅樓夢, Classical novels, Shitouji 石頭記, Xiyouji 西遊記 , mourning, crying, laments, grief, Li Zhi 李贄, face, faces, features, eyes, mouth, appearance, self, evil.

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