Chinese Dreams

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-472-03486-4
Verlag: University of Michigan Press

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 388 g

China's profound influence on the avant-garde in the 20th century was nowhere more apparent than in the work of Ezra Pound, Bertolt Brecht, and the writers associated with the Parisian literary journal Tel quel. Chinese Dreams explores the complex, intricate relationship between various ""Chinas""—as texts—and the nation/culture known simply as ""China""—their context—within the work of these writers. Eric Hayot calls into question the very means of representing otherness in the history of the West and ultimately asks if it might be possible to attend to the political meaning of imagining the other, while still enjoying the pleasures and possibilities of such dreaming. The latest edition of this critically acclaimed book includes a new preface by the author.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hayot, Eric

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Hayot is Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of the Asian Studies Program at Penn State University.