Manifest in Words, Written on Paper - Producing and Circulating Poetry in Tang Dynasty China

Zusammenfassung Tang poetic culture was based on hand-copied manuscripts and oral performance. This study aims to engage the textual realities of medieval literature by shedding light on the material lives of poems during the Tang, from their initial oral or written instantiation through their often lengthy and twisted paths of circulation.

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• Authors: Christopher M. B. Nugent
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2010
• EAN: 9780674056039
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05603-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Mon; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph (HUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous