Metaphor and Meaning - Thinking Through Early China With Sarah Allan

Examines questions of cosmos, society, and self through the metaphors and language of ancient Chinese texts and artifacts.

About the author

Constance A. Cook is Professor of Chinese at Lehigh University, Christopher J. Foster is an independent scholar, and Susan Blader is Associate Professor Emerita of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures at Dartmouth College. Together they are also the coeditors of Myth and the Making of History: Narrating Early China with Sarah Allan and Bone, Bronze, and Bamboo: Unearthing Early China with Sarah Allan, both published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Constance A. (EDT)/ Foster Cook, Constance A. Foster Cook
• Assisted by: Blader Susan (Editor), Cook Constance A. (Editor), Christopher J. Foster (Editor), William Nelson French (Co-editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2025
• EAN: 9781438498317
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9831-7
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Asia / China, PHILOSOPHY / Taoist, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Archaeology, Literature: history & criticism, Asian History, Literature: history and criticism, RELIGION / Taoism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Taoism