Elegies for Empire - A Poetics of Memory in the Late Work of Du Fu

Informationen zum Autor Gregory M. Patterson is Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina. Klappentext In Elegies for Empire, Gregory Patterson maps out a poetics of memory in the late works of Du Fu, widely considered China's greatest poet. He argues that, for Du Fu, memory held the promise of rebuilding frameworks of belonging under conditions of displacement and dynastic crisis. Zusammenfassung In Elegies for Empire, Gregory Patterson maps out a poetics of memory in the late works of Du Fu, widely considered China’s greatest poet. He argues that, for Du Fu, memory held the promise of rebuilding frameworks of belonging under conditions of displacement and dynastic crisis.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory M. Patterson
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9780674297548
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29754-8
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Asian History, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets