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The poetics of sovereignty : on Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty

Title
The poetics of sovereignty : on Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty / Jack W. Chen.
Author
Chen, Jack Wei.
Publication
Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2010.

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Description
xvii, 445 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 71
Uniform Title
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 71.
Subject
  • Tang Taizong, Emperor of China, 597-649 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Chinese poetry > Tang dynasty, 618-907 > History and criticism
  • Sovereignty in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-423) and index.
Contents
Reading the reign of Tang Taizong (r. 626-649) -- On sovereignty and representation -- The reception of literature in Tang Taizong's court -- The writing of imperial poetry in medieval China -- The significance of court poetry -- Palatial form and the rhapsodic imagination -- On "The imperial capital poems": ritual sovereignty and imperial askesis.
Call Number
JFE 11-868
ISBN
  • 0674056086
  • 9780674056084
LCCN
2010029504
OCLC
555658453
Author
Chen, Jack Wei.
Title
The poetics of sovereignty : on Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty / Jack W. Chen.
Imprint
Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2010.
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 71
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 71.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-423) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-868
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