Reading Philosophy, Writing Poetry - Intertextual Modes of Making Meaning in Early Medieval China

Early medieval writers in China understood and manipulated a shared intellectual lexicon to produce meaning. Wendy Swartz explores how these writers developed a distinctive mosaic of ways to participate in their cultural heritage by weaving textual strands from a shared and expanding store of literary resources into new patterns and configurations.

Summary

Early medieval writers in China understood and manipulated a shared intellectual lexicon to produce meaning. Wendy Swartz explores how these writers developed a distinctive mosaic of ways to participate in their cultural heritage by weaving textual strands from a shared and expanding store of literary resources into new patterns and configurations.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Swartz
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780674983823
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98382-3
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; Harvard-Yenching Institute Mon; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, HISTORY / Asia / China, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy