书名：Reading Tao Yuanming: Shifting Paradigms of Historical Reception(427-1900) / 阅读陶渊明：历史接受范式的转变 427-1900年
定价：428.0
ISBN：9780674031845
作者：Wendy Swartz
版次：1
出版时间：2008-01

内容提要：
书名：Reading Tao Yuanming: Shifting Paradigms of Historical Reception (427-1900) / 阅读陶渊明：历史接受的范式转变（427-1900）
作者：Wendy Swartz (温迪·斯沃茨)
出版社：Harvard University Asia Center (Distributed by Harvard University Press)，2008年
装帧：精装，约296-350页
语种：英文
尺寸：约 15.6*23.5 cm（6-1/8 x 9-1/4 英寸）

ISBN：978-0-6740-3184-5

简介
陶渊明（约365–427）在去世后一度被忽视，如今却被视为中国最伟大的作家之一。几个世纪以来，关于他生平的描绘——有的聚焦于他的特立独行，有的则强调他的典范美德——使他被提升至偶像地位。本书系统考察了这位中国文学史核心人物的身后声誉、其作品接受的运作机制，以及陶渊明本人及对其作品的特定解读被经典化的过程，为理解前现代中国文学与文化的转型提供了新的视角。作者聚焦于读者与陶渊明作品之间的阐释性互动，关注诠释实践的变迁、批评词汇的演变、文化需求的变化，以及有影响力的读者的介入，以追溯陶渊明的建构过程。作者认为，由隐居、人格与诗歌等文人文化核心范畴所驱动的、跨越十五个世纪的累积过程，有助于解释陶渊明在不同时代呈现出的不同面貌以及对其作品的多元解读方式，同时也照亮了前现代中国文化中的核心议题。

Tao Yuanming (365?–427), although dismissed as a poet following his death, is now considered one of China's greatest writers. Over the centuries, portrayals of his life—some focusing on his eccentricity, others on his exemplary virtue—have elevated him to iconic status. This study of the posthumous reputation of a central figure in Chinese literary history, the mechanisms at work in the reception of his works, and the canonization of Tao himself and of particular readings of his works sheds light on the transformation of literature and culture in premodern China. It focuses on readers' interpretive negotiations with Tao's works and on changes in hermeneutical practices, critical vocabulary, and cultural demands, as well as the intervention of interested and influential readers, in order to trace the construction of Tao Yuanming. Driven by a dialogue on categories at the very heart of literati culture—reclusion, personality, and poetry—this cumulative process spanning fifteen centuries, the author argues, helps explain the very different pictures of Tao Yuanming and the divergent ways of reading his works across time and illuminates central issues animating premodern Chinese culture.