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Words Well Put: Visions of Poetic Competence in the Chinese Tradition (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)
Graham Sanders
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Hardcover. Tells the story of the development of poetic competence to uncover the complexity of the concept and to identify the sources and exemplars of that complexity. This book demonstrates poetic competence through a person's ability to influence the attitudes and behaviour of others with poetic discourse. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Publications. Num Pages: 375 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 181 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Many poems in the Chinese tradition come to us embedded in narratives purporting to tell the circumstances of their composition and performance. "Poetic competence" is demonstrated in these narratives through a person's ability to influence the attitudes and behavior of others with poetic discourse. Such competence can be apprehended only in the context of a narrative, which sets forth a representation of the conditions of a poem's production, performance, and reception. These narratives are not so much faithful historical records as ideal accounts of the operation of poetry. Such stories both fulfill and deny wishes for poetry and for the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute Publications
Number of Pages
375
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674021402
SKU
V9780674021402
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About Graham Sanders
Graham Sanders is Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto.
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