"The writings of the Jian'an era lay the foundation of China's classical poetry and literary criticism and its personages and events have inspired works of historical fiction and drama throughout Chinese history. This book investigates how these associations were closely related…
"The writings of the Jian'an era lay the foundation of China's classical poetry and literary criticism and its personages and events have inspired works of historical fiction and drama throughout Chinese history. This book investigates how these associations were closely related…
Part I. The plague: Chapter 1. Plague and poetry: rethinking Jian'an -- Introduction: looking back -- "Dead poets society"--Ye's gathering -- Remembrance, remembered: double recesses of memory -- The Jian'an that is unlike "Jian'an": the case of Ruan Yu, and others -- Conclusion…
"The writings of the Jian'an era lay the foundation of China's classical poetry and literary criticism and its personages and events have inspired works of historical fiction and drama throughout Chinese history. This book investigates how these associations were closely related…
"The writings of the Jian'an era lay the foundation of China's classical poetry and literary criticism and its personages and events have inspired works of historical fiction and drama throughout Chinese history. This book investigates how these associations were closely related…
"The Liang dynasty is both one of the most brilliant and creative periods in Chinese history and one of the most underestimated and misunderstood." "This book is devoted to contextualizing the literary culture of this era - not only the literary works themselves but also the phy…
"The Liang dynasty is both one of the most brilliant and creative periods in Chinese history and one of the most underestimated and misunderstood." "This book is devoted to contextualizing the literary culture of this era - not only the literary works themselves but also the phy…
This is the first collection of essays in English, contributed by well-known experts of Chinese literature as well as scholars of a younger generation, dedicated to the poetry of Du Fu, commonly regarded as the greatest Chinese poet. These essays are engaged in historically nuan…
Reading Du Fu: Nine Views
by Project Muse, Tian, Xiaofei
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
This is the first collection of essays in English, contributed by well-known experts of Chinese literature as well as scholars of a younger generation, dedicated to the poetry of Du Fu, commonly regarded as the greatest Chinese poet. These essays are engaged in historically nuan…
This is the first collection of essays in English, contributed by well-known experts of Chinese literature as well as scholars of a younger generation, dedicated to the poetry of Du Fu, commonly regarded as the greatest Chinese poet. These essays are engaged in historically nuan…
From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world. "So begins Zhang Daye's preface to The World of a Tiny Insect, his haunting memoir of war and its aftermath. In 1861, when China's devastating Taiping rebellion began, Zhang was seven years old. The Taiping r…
"From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world. "So begins Zhang Daye's preface to The World of a Tiny Insect, his haunting memoir of war and its aftermath. In 1861, when China's devastating Taiping rebellion began, Zhang was seven years old. The Taiping …