The End of the Chinese ‘Middle Ages’: Essays in Mid-Tang Literary Culture
Stephen Owen
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Paperback. This book explores, through a series of essays, a set of interrelated elements that define the literary culture of China in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
This book explores, through a series of essays, a set of interrelated elements that define the literary culture of China in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. This period, known as the Mid-Tang, broke with many of the intellectual habits of the “middle period” of Chinese culture and adumbrated many of the characteristics of China in the Song and later periods.
The first essay examines “singularity,” representations of identity as an assertion of superiority over others and as an alienation that brings rejection by others. The second essay addresses different ways of representing landscapes, showing the ways in which ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804726672
SKU
V9780804726672
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About Stephen Owen
Stephen Owen is Irving Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of Chinese at Harvard University. He is the author of several books, most recently Mi-lou: Poetry and the Labyrinth of Desire.
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