The Classical Moment Views from Seven Literatures

by Holst-Warhaft, Gail; McCann, David R.; Hallo, William W.; Jamison, Stephanie W.; Lamarre, Thomas; Rouzer, Paul; Taylor, Keith W.

• ISBN13: 9780847694198
• ISBN10: 0847694194
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-29
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The Classical Moment is a reexamination of the concept of a supreme moment in the literatures of Greece, Mesopotamia, India, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Taking the case of Greece as its starting point, it examines what such moments have in common, how they are created, and what effect they have on subsequent literary creation.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
The Wake of the Greek Classical Moment	p. 1
"They Requested Him as God of Their City": A Classical Moment in the Mesopotamian Experience	p. 23
The Classical Moment in India: The Grammar of Discrimination in Kalidasa	p. 37
The Classical Moment in China	p. 47
Unstating the Classical Moment: The Logic of Forms and Forces in Heian Japan	p. 75
Performing Dragons: The Construction of a Korean Classical Moment	p. 99
In Search of Vietnamese Classical Moments	p. 117
About the Contributors	p. 131
Index	p. 133
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