Historic Chinese letter writing [[electronic resource] /] / Dániel Z. Kádár

• Autore: Kádár Dániel Z. <1979->
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 491.7; 895.164808
• Soggetto topico: Letter writing, Chinese - History; Chinese letters - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I: Family Letter Writing; Part II: 'Specialized' Epistolary Discourse; Part III: Non-family 'Social' Letter Writing; Part IV: Political Letter Writing; Postscript: What Next?; Notes; Appendix I: The Chinese Texts (Printed in a Punctuated Form); Appendix II: Chronological List of Chinese Dynasties; Glossary of Epistolary Expressions, Honorifics and Grammatical Words; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Focusing on Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) letter writing, this compendium is an outstanding study of historical Chinese communication. Letter writing is a pivotal yet neglected medium of historical Chinese communication. The epistolary format is key to sinological research. As historical letters have a specific vocabulary and rhetorical structure it is difficult to read them without the supporting apparatus of specialised study. The aim of this compendium is to fill the gap in Chinese studies by providing a bilingual Chinese-English edition of a corpus of Chinese letters, prepared for advanced
• Titolo autorizzato: Historic Chinese letter writing
• ISBN: 1-282-59061-8; 9786612590610; 1-4411-0771-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780948903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II