Metamorphosis of the private sphere : gardens and objects in Tang-Song poetry /

Metamorphosis of the private sphere : gardens and objects in Tang-Song poetry /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yang, Xiaoshan, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 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 ; 225
Harvard East Asian monographs 225
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 225
Harvard East Asian monographs 225
Subjects:
618 - 1279
618-1279
Song dynasty, 960-1279
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Chinese poetry > Song dynasty, 960-1279 > History and criticism
Chinese poetry > Tang dynasty, 618-907 > History and criticism
Chinese poetry
Song Dynasty (China)
Tang Dynasty (China)
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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.

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