Tao Qian and the Chinese Poetic Tradition

While Tao Qians unique position in Chinese literature is uncontested, there has been much debate over the relationship between Taos poetry and the life he lived and over the poets place within the literary and intellectual traditions of his time. Kwongs nuanced analysis draws upon the full range of traditional Chinese literary scholarship and intellectual history as well as recent advances in Western literary criticism, hermeneutics, and comparative literature.