Poet-Monks The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China

Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an alternative historical arc of medieval Chinese poetry. Combining large-scale quantitative analysis with close readings of important literary texts, Thomas J. Mazanec describes how Bu...

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Autor principal: Mazanec, Thomas J. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2024.
Edición:1st ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • POET-MONKS
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Note on Conventions
  • Introduction
  • PART I. HISTORY
  • 1. Introducing Poet-Monks: History, Geography, and Sociality
  • 2. Inventing Poet-Monks: The First Generation and Their Reception, 760-810
  • 3. Becoming Poet-Monks: The Formation of a Tradition, 810-960
  • PART II. POETICS
  • 4. Repetition: Retriplication and Negation
  • 5. Incantation: Sonority and Foreignness
  • 6. Meditation: Effort and Absorption
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.