Language-Paradox-Poetics

In attempting to define a "e;poetics of paradox"e; from a traditional Chinese standpoint, James Liu explores through a comparative approach linguistic, textual, and interpretive problems of relevance to Western literary criticism. Liu's study evolves from a paradoxical view--originating from early Confucian and Daoist philosophical texts--that the less is "e;said"e; in poetry, the more is "e;meant...