Traditional Chinese Humor A Study in Art and Literature

• Auteur principal: Wells, Henry W. (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Indiana University Press 1971
• Sujets: History of art / art & design styles; History of art
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A beguiling world informed by a distinctive sense of the comic is opened to Western readers in this perceptive book. Beginning with the arts of painting and sculpture, the author proceeds to demonstrate the vital role of humor in the work of Chinese poets and other writers, many of whom cultivated t...