| Text, Performance, and Gender in Chinese Literature and Music: Essays in Honor of Wilt Idema Contributor(s): Van Crevel (Editor), Hockx (Editor), Tan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004179062 ISBN-13: 9789004179066 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - History | Asia - General - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 895.109 |
| LCCN: 2009028999 |
| Series: Sinica Leidensia |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.7" (2.00 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wilt Idema is one of the world's leading scholars and translators of Chinese literature, with research interests ranging from classical poetry to premodern fiction, performance literature and women's writing. His oeuvre is exceptional in its inclusiveness and its ability to let different historical periods, genres and issues speak to one another, and to make the riches of Chinese literature accessible to a wide range of readers. In honor of his work, this collection brings together new research by twenty-two prominent scholars in a field of tremendous scope and diversity, on topics including genre characteristics, literary representations of social and political history, gender and cultural identity, music, autobiography, women's writing, internet literature and more. |