| A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture Contributor(s): Richter |
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ISBN: 900429175X ISBN-13: 9789004291751 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $332.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 895.1 |
| LCCN: 2015003080 |
| Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China |
| Physical Information: 2.2" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (3.60 lbs) 998 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture is the first publication, in any language, that is dedicated to the study of Chinese epistolary literature and culture in its entirety, from the early empire to the twentieth century. The volume includes twenty-five essays dedicated to a broad spectrum of topics from postal transmission to letter calligraphy, epistolary networks to genre questions. It introduces dozens of letters, often the first translations into English, and thus makes epistolary history palpable in all its vitality and diversity: letters written by men and women from all walks of life to friends and lovers, princes and kings, scholars and monks, seniors and juniors, family members and neighbors, potential patrons, newspaper editors, and many more. With contributions by: Pablo Ariel Blitstein, R. Joe Cutter, Alexei Ditter, Ronald Egan, Imre Galambos, Natascha Gentz, Enno Giele, Natasha Heller, David R. Knechtges, Paul W. Kroll, Jie Li, Y. Edmund Lien, Bonnie S. McDougall, Amy McNair, David Pattinson, Zeb Raft, Antje Richter, Anna M. Shields, Suyoung Son, Janet Theiss, Xiaofei Tian, Lik Hang Tsui, Matthew Wells, Ellen Widmer, and Suzanne E. Wright. |