Metamorphosis of the private sphere : gardens and objects in Tang-Song poetry /
was increasingly invaded by political forces
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press,
2003
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center ; Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2003 Cambridge, Mass. : 2003 Cambridge, Mass. ; London : 2003 Cambridge, Mass. : 2003 |
Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Having It Both Ways: Manors and Manners in Bai Juyi's Poetry
- The Estate and the State
- How to Possess a Garden
- The Middling Hermit
- 2. The Poetics of Space: Presence and Mediation
- A Gated Space
- Naturalizing the Garden
- Nature Framed, Nature Reflected
- Southern Landscapes in Northern Gardens
- 3. Fetishism and Anxiety: A Poetic Biography of Fantastic Rocks
- Obsession and Fetishism in the Chinese Tradition
- The Rock Topos in Pre-Tang Poetry
- The Ugly, the Grotesque, and the Useless
- Niu Sengru's Petromania
- From Apologia to Satire
- The Philosophical Critique in the Northern Song
- Redefining the Ugly, the Grotesque, and the Useless
- Reconciling Theory and Practice
- Coda
- 4. Words and Things: The Exchange of Poetry and the Poetry of Exchange
- A Tale of Two Cranes
- A Beloved Concubine in Exchange for a Horse
- Spontaneous Artistry and Calculated Exchanges
- Three Poems, Two Rocks, One Painting
- 5. Old Men at Home: The Rhetorics of Joy and Leisure
- The Transcendence of Sorrow and the Theme of Joy
- Glorifying the Community of Joyful Elders
- (Dis)Content with Leisure
- Back to Gardens
- Postscript: Reflections on the Private Sphere
- 1 Having It Both Ways: Manors and Manners in Bai Juyi's Poetry
- The Estate and the State
- How to Possess a Garden
- The Middling Hermit
- 2. The Poetics of Space: Presence and Mediation
- A Gated Space
- Naturalizing the Garden
- Nature Framed, Nature Reflected
- Southern Landscapes in Northern Gardens
- 3. Fetishism and Anxiety: A Poetic Biography of Fantastic Rocks
- Obsession and Fetishism in the Chinese Tradition
- The Rock Topos in Pre-Tang Poetry
- The Ugly, the Grotesque, and the Useless
- Niu Sengru's Petromania
- From Apologia to Satire
- The Philosophical Critique in the Northern Song
- Redefining the Ugly, the Grotesque, and the Useless
- Reconciling Theory and Practice
- Coda
- 4. Words and Things: The Exchange of Poetry and the Poetry of Exchange
- A Tale of Two Cranes
- A Beloved Concubine in Exchange for a Horse
- Spontaneous Artistry and Calculated Exchanges
- Three Poems, Two Rocks, One Painting
- 5. Old Men at Home: The Rhetorics of Joy and Leisure
- The Transcendence of Sorrow and the Theme of Joy
- Glorifying the Community of Joyful Elders
- (Dis)Content with Leisure
- Back to Gardens
- Postscript: Reflections on the Private Sphere.
- 1 Having It Both Ways: Manors and Manners in Bai Juyi's Poetry
- The Estate and the State
- How to Possess a Garden
- The Middling Hermit
- 2. The Poetics of Space: Presence and Mediation
- A Gated Space
- Naturalizing the Garden
- Nature Framed, Nature Reflected
- Southern Landscapes in Northern Gardens
- 3. Fetishism and Anxiety: A Poetic Biography of Fantastic Rocks
- Obsession and Fetishism in the Chinese Tradition
- The Rock Topos in Pre-Tang Poetry
- The Ugly, the Grotesque, and the Useless
- Niu Sengru's Petromania
- From Apologia to Satire
- The Philosophical Critique in the Northern Song
- Redefining the Ugly, the Grotesque, and the Useless
- Reconciling Theory and Practice
- Coda
- 4. Words and Things: The Exchange of Poetry and the Poetry of Exchange
- A Tale of Two Cranes
- A Beloved Concubine in Exchange for a Horse
- Spontaneous Artistry and Calculated Exchanges
- Three Poems, Two Rocks, One Painting
- 5. Old Men at Home: The Rhetorics of Joy and Leisure
- The Transcendence of Sorrow and the Theme of Joy
- Glorifying the Community of Joyful Elders
- (Dis)Content with Leisure
- Back to Gardens
- Postscript: Reflections on the Private Sphere.