One Who Knows Me Friendship and Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China |
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| Author:
| Shields, Anna M. |
| Series title: | Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-50437-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $86.95 |
Book Description:
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Friendships between writers of the mid-Tang era became famous through the many texts they wrote to and about one another. Anna M. Shields explores these texts to reveal the complex value the writers found in friendship--as a rewarding social practice, a rich literary topic, a way to negotiate literati identity, and a path toward self-understanding.
Friendships between writers of the mid-Tang era became famous through the many texts they wrote to and about one another. Anna M. Shields explores these texts to reveal the complex value the writers found in friendship--as a rewarding social practice, a rich literary topic, a way to negotiate literati identity, and a path toward self-understanding.