Xu Xiake (1586-1641)
Subtitle: The Art of Travel Writing
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: December 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780700713196
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Travel writing; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; China; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; General
First sentence: From ancient times, nature in China has been the basis of countless myths and legends: these mythologies coalesced to create what has been called 'a vast spatiotemporal edifice, imbued with moral/aesthetic overtones."