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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819139403321

Autore

Egan Ronald

Titolo

The Burden of Female Talent : The Poet Li Qingzhao and Her History in China / / Ronald Egan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2014

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2014

ISBN

1-68417-074-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 422 pages )

Collana

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; ; 90

Disciplina

895.1/142

Soggetti

Women and literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Women as writers in the Song Dynasty -- Writing and the struggle for acceptance -- Song lyrics preliminaries -- Widowhood, remarriage, divorce -- Writings from the aftermath -- The "afterword" -- The beginnings of "Li Qingzhao": reception during the Southern Song and Yuan -- Saving the widow, denying the remarriage: reception during the Ming and Qing -- Modernism, revisionism, feminism: reception in modern times -- Song lyrics, part 1 -- Song lyrics, part 2.

Sommario/riassunto

"By re-examining the Chinese woman poet Li Qingzhao, Egan discusses the traditional manipulation of her image to mold her talent to make it compatible with ideals of womanly conduct and identity, and reveals the difficulty literary culture had in coping with her extraordinary conduct and ability"--Provided by publisher.