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95 BIBLIOGRAPHIE Andrew H. PLAKS, The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel Ssu ta ch'i-shu, Princeton University Press 1987, xiv + 595 pp., bibliogra- phy, index, $62.50. Ces Quatre oeuvres maîtresses du roman des Ming en cachent une autre qui est cette entreprise de mise en perspective et relecture de quatre grands textes qui sont eux-memes chacun des monu- ments exceptionnels par leur 6tendue, la complexité de leur contenu et la richesse de 1'ex6g?se qu'ils ont suscitée. On ne peut que souscrire au jugement d'Anthony Yu: "No European or Asian writing that I know of has quite succeeded in sketching for us in so succinct and compelling a manner this crucial segment of literary history and its linkages to the larger social, economic, and cultural contexts". Alors que 1'auteur s'en excuse des la premiere ligne de la preface, "Since this is a rather large book ..." et le dernier chapitre, "I have taken up one by one in considerable detail-perhaps excesssively so-each of the great works ...", le qualificatif de succinct a de quoi surprendre. 11 t6moigne de la densite de 1'ouvrage. En rendre compte est une gageure que l'on ne saurait avoir l'outrecuidance de pr6tendre tenir. Le
T'oung Pao – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1990
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