Beacon Fire and Shooting Star
The Literary Culture of the Liang (502-557) (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)
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Word Count
112,500 words, Guess
Page Count
450 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL11125054M
- ISBN-139780674026025
- ISBN-100674026020
- OCLC Control Number159822019
- Library of Congress Control Number2007029588
and 2 more
- LibraryThing8521825
- Goodreads1957226
Classifications
- LCCPL2289
Description
"The Liang dynasty is both one of the most brilliant and creative periods in Chinese history and one of the most underestimated and misunderstood." "This book is devoted to contextualizing the literary culture of this era - not only the literary works themselves but also the physical process of literary production such as the copying and transmitting of texts; activities such as book collecting, anthologizing, cataloging, and various forms of literary scholarship; and the intricate interaction of religion, particularly Buddhism, and literature. Its aim is to explore the impact of social and political structure on the literary world. It is, in short, a social and cultural history of Liang literature that addresses a set of interrelated cultural and literary-historical issues, re-evaluates and challenges established claims about this period, and explores the reasons for its subsequent neglect and denigration."--BOOK JACKET.
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