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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Author: Roland Pertwee
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Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: Anna Shields
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 1684174309
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 429

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"Compiled in 940 at the court of the kingdom of Shu, the Huajian ji is the earliest extant collection of song lyrics by literati poets. The collection has traditionally been studied as the precursor to the lyrics of the Song dynasty, or in terms of what it contributed to the later development of the genre. But scholars have rarely examined the work as an anthology, and have more often focused on the work of individual poets and their respective contributions to the genre. In this book, Anna Shields examines the influence of court culture on the creation of the anthology and the significance of imitation and convention in its lyrics. Shields suggests that by considering the Huajian ji only in terms of its contributions to a later “model,” we unnecessarily limit ourselves to a single literary form, and risk overlooking the broader influence of Tang culture on the Huajian ji. By illuminating the historical and literary contexts of the anthology, the author aims to situate the Huajian ji within larger questions of Chinese literary history, particularly the influence of cultural forces on the emergence of genres and the development of romantic literature."

Author: Walter Benjamin
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1804290459
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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A classic account of late nineteenth-century Paris and a study of Baudelaire's life and work Walter Benjamin, one of the foremost cultural commentators and theorists of this century, is perhaps best known for his analyses of the work of art in the modern age and the philosophy of history. Yet it was through his study of the social and cultural history of the late nineteenth-century Paris, examined particularly in relation to the figure of the great Parisian lyric poet Charles Baudelaire, that Benjamin tested and enriched some of his core concepts and themes. Contained within these pages are, amongst other insights, his notion of the flaneur, his theory of memory and remembrance, his assessment of the utopian Fourier and his reading of the modernist movement.

Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
Publisher: DigiCat
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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This is a long narrative poem written in hexameters about growing up. It was well-received when it was written but some critics believed it 'too scholarly' ever to attract many readers. The poem follows its main character, Philip, as he departs from his Oxford companions who are studying in the Scottish Highlands, to pursue a life filled with love and adventure.

Author: Mary Jane Holmes
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Uncover the haunting secrets of "The Abandoned Farm and Connies Mistake." Follow the gripping story of Connie as she stumbles upon an abandoned farm, awakening dark forces that challenge her sanity and test her resolve. Navigate through a maze of suspense, guilt, and redemption in this atmospheric tale of psychological suspense.

Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Xiaorong Li
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295804432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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This study of poetry by women in late imperial China examines the metamorphosis of the trope of the "inner chambers" (gui), to which women were confined in traditional Chinese households, and which in literature were both a real and an imaginary place. Originally popularized in sixth-century "palace style" poetry, the inner chambers were used by male writers as a setting in which to celebrate female beauty, to lament the loneliness of abandoned women, and by extension, to serve as a political allegory for the exile of loyal and upright male ministers spurned by the imperial court. Female writers of lyric poetry (ci) soon adopted the theme, beginning its transition from male fantasy to multidimensional representation of women and their place in society, and eventually its manifestation in other poetic genres as well. Emerging from the role of sexual objects within poetry, late imperial women were agents of literary change in their expansion and complication of the boudoir theme. While some take ownership and de-eroticizing its imagery for their own purposes, adding voices of children and older women, and filling the inner chambers with purposeful activity such as conversation, teaching, religious ritual, music, sewing, childcare, and chess-playing, some simply want to escape from their confinement and protest gender restrictions imposed on women. Women's Poetry of Late Imperial China traces this evolution across centuries, providing and analyzing examples of poetic themes, motifs, and imagery associated with the inner chambers, and demonstrating the complication and nuancing of the gui theme by increasingly aware and sophisticated women writers.

Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
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Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: Arthur Hugh Clough
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Languages : en
Pages : 356

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