| Description |
1 online resource (x, 235 pages) |
| Series |
MLI / a China Program Book |
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MLI / a China Program Book
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| Contents |
Materials and concepts of letter writing -- Epistolary conventions and literary individuality |
| Summary |
This book of personal letters and letter-writing in premodern China focuses on the earliest period (ca. 3rd-6th cent. CE) with a sizeable body of surviving correspondence. Along with the translation and analysis of many representative letters, the author explores the material culture of letter writing (writing supports and utensils, envelopes and seals, the transportation of finished letters) and letter-writing conventions (vocabulary, textual patterns, topicality, creativity) |
| Notes |
"A China Program book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-218) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Letter writing, Chinese.
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Chinese letters -- History and criticism
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Chinese literature -- 220-589 -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Chinese.
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Chinese letters
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Chinese literature
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Letter writing, Chinese
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021692686 |
| ISBN |
9780295804668 |
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0295804661 |
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