“"The voyage that never ends": Malcolm Lowry's taoist aesthetics of return/renewal” (Publication, 1994)
Year
1994
Text
Chen, John Ming. "The voyage that never ends": Malcolm Lowry's taoist aesthetics of return/renewal. In : Tao : reception in East and West = Tao : Rezeption in Ost und West [ID D11887]. (LowM3)
Type
Publication
Contributors (1)
Chen, John Ming
(um 1994)
Mentioned People (1)
Lowry, Malcolm
(Birkenhead 1909-1957 Selbstmord Ripe, East Sussex) : Schriftsteller, Dichter
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
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References / Sources
Chronology Entries (2)
| # | Year | Text | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1927-1957 |
Malcolm Lowry and China general. Chen John Ming : Malcolm Lowry's sustained interest in China and in its rich cultural legacy spans nearly three decades until his death. From his first published novel Ultramarine, about a trip bound for the China coast, through his vignette China, his unfinished works, and a typescript named La mordida, to his novella The forest path to the spring, we never fail to be deeply impressed by his unflagging efforts to search for knowledge and wisdom from the land of Taoism. The first stage of his contacts with China unfolds to Lowry a diverse spectrum of concrete and memorable experiences, which in turn inspire his literatury productions. The openmindedness and readiness in the latter to reshape his images of China pave the road for his acceptance of Chinese wisdom. |
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| 2 | 1933 |
Lowry, Malcolm. Ultramarine : a novel. (London : Cape, 1933). http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/241398.Ultramarine. Ultramarine is the story of Dana Hilliot's first voyage, as mess-boy on the freighter Oedipus Tyrannus bound for Bombay and Singapore: of his struggle to win the approval of his shipmates, trying to match their example in the bars and bordellos of the Chinese ports while at the same time remaining faithful to his first love, Janet, back home in England. Alternating between Dana's own narrative and the ribald humor and colorful language of the sailors' conversation, Ultramarine depicts a boy's initiation into the company of men. The ships's frequent entries into and exists out of seaports like Qingdao, Ningbo and Shanghai. |
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Cited by (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 2000- | Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich | Organisation / AOI |
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