Considering the end [[electronic resource] ] : mortality in early medieval Chinese poetic representation / / by Timothy Wai Keung Chan

• Autore: Chan Timothy Wai Keung
• Pubblicazione: Boston, : Brill, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 895.1/1209
• Soggetto topico: Chinese poetry - 221 B.C.-960 A.D - History and criticism; Mortality in literature; Death in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- Introduction: As the End Approaches -- 1. Wang Yi on Integrity and Loyalty -- 2. A Young Lady on Yellow Pongee Silk -- 3. Ruan Ji on Apocalypse -- 4. Tao Qian on His Deathbed -- 5. Xie Lingyun on Awakening -- 6. Composed on the Verge of Unnatural Death -- 7. Epilogue: The Fisherman in Reclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book focuses on the representation of human mortality in early medieval Chinese literature. This theme is observed and reconstructed through the contextual and intertextual analysis of the work of eminent writers of the period, texts that have never been examined from an eschatological perspective. Through this perspective, and the careful use of research from the fields of religion and anthropology, the book offers a fresh view of commentator Wang Yi (fl. 89–158), well-known poets Ruan Ji (210–63), Tao Qian (365?–427), and Xie Lingyun (385–433), and also brings into the discussion relevant works by several previously neglected authors. The book contributes a new angle from which to appreciate literature of this and other periods in Chinese history.
• Titolo autorizzato: Considering the end
• ISBN: 1-280-68813-0; 9786613665072; 90-04-22902-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810949803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sinica Leidensia ; ; v. 107.