The Poetry Demon : : Song-Dynasty Monks on Verse and the Way / / Jason Protass; ed. by Robert E. Buswell.

Chinese Buddhist monks of the Song dynasty (960–1279) called the irresistible urge to compose poetry “the poetry demon.” In this ambitious study, Jason Protass seeks to bridge the fields of Buddhist studies and Chinese literature to examine the place of poetry in the lives of Song monks. Although mu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 40
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.) :; 8 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Conventions
  • Introduction
  • Part One. A Poetry of Their Own
  • Part Two. Poetry and the Way
  • Part Three. Monks and Literary Sociality
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix. Poems by Title
  • Bibliography
  • Index