Manifest in words, written on paper
Subtitle: producing and circulating poetry in Tang Dynasty China
By: Christopher M.B. Nugent
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series -- 70
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780674056039
Description: "This study aims to engage the textual realities of medieval literature by shedding light on the material lives of poems during the Tang, from their initial oral or written instantiation through their often lengthy and twisted paths of circulation"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Textual variation in poetic manuscripts from Dunhuang; title: The roles of textual memory and memorization in medieval literary culture; title: The roles of orality in Tang poetic culture; title: Written composition and circulation; title: Individual literary collections.