The poetics of sovereignty : on Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty /
Chen, Jack Wei.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-423) and index.
Reading the reign of Tang Taizong (r. 626-649) -- On sovereignty and representation -- The reception of literature in Tang Taizong's court -- The writing of imperial poetry in medieval China -- The significance of court poetry -- Palatial form and the rhapsodic imagination -- On "The imperial capital poems": ritual sovereignty and imperial askesis.
Tang Taizong, Emperor of China, 597-649
Chinese poetry
Sovereignty in literature.