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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785396403321

Autore

Goh Meow Hui

Titolo

Sound and sight [[electronic resource] ] : poetry and courtier culture in the Yongming era (483-493) / / Meow Hui Goh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7503-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

895.1/1209

Soggetti

Chinese poetry - Northern and Southern dynasties, 386-589 - History and criticism

Sensuality in literature

Senses and sensation in literature

China Court and courtiers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Conventions; Prologue; Shengse : Sound and Sight; Chapter 1. Individual Talent and the "Worthy One"; Chapter 2. Knowing Sound; Chapter 3. Seeing a Thing; Chapter 4. In the Garden; Chapter 5. Leaving the Capital City; Chapter 6. In and Out of the Landscape; Epilogue; Abbreviations; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Character List

Sommario/riassunto

As the first book-length study of the Yongming poets, this book focuses on unraveling the complexity and hybridity of the poetic voices beneath their seemingly ""technical"" pursuit of prosodic innovation.