16: The Poetic Exposition on Literature

Welcome to the sixteenth episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. Today’s episode Is on Lu Chi’s The Poetic Exposition on LIterature. We’ll look at the social and cultural context first, then discuss the work in some detail, including its form, and then summarise Lu’s work, which is divided into two parts. Finally, we’ll consider the work in relation to the points of Abrams’ triangle.