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Metamorphosis of the private sphere : gardens and objects in Tang-Song poetry / Xiaoshan Yang.
Author
Yang, Xiaoshan, 1959-
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2003.
Description
x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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East Asian Library - Western Languages
PL2321 .Y39 2003
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Subject(s)
Chinese poetry
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Tang dynasty, 618-907
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History and criticism
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Chinese poetry
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Song dynasty, 960-1279
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History and criticism
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Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 225.
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Summary note
"This book delineates the correlation between the evolution of the private sphere and the conscious efforts of Chinese literati to search for and formulate alternatives when conventional values, whether political, moral, or aesthetic, were found to be inapplicable or inadequate." "In addition to exploring the garden as the physical space of the private sphere, this book examines the modes in which certain cultural artifacts (for example, fantastic rocks, rare birds, and precious paintings) moved to and across different private spaces. It also exemplifies ways in which the private sphere could become problematic or even collapse as its values confronted the norms of the public domain." "Drawing on a wealth of textual sources, the author offers a detailed study of the functions of gardens and the aesthetic objects placed in them in the emotional and psychological lives of their owners and sheds light on aspects of Chinese literati culture in the Tang-Song period that have not received adequate scholarly attention."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and indexes.
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.
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Gardens and objects in Tang-Song poetry
ISBN
0674012194 ((alk. paper))
9780674012196 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
2003049903
OCLC
52086096
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