Chinese literary forms in Heian Japan : : poetics and practice / / Brian Steininger.

"Examines the transformation of Chinese literary genres in mid-Heian Japan by focusing on the ritualized recitation practices through which these works were performed and heard. This reconstruction of recitation as both a social and literary act demonstrates Sinographic literature's practi...

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Superior document:Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 401
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2017.
Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 401.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 293 pages )
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Other title:Poetics and Practice
Summary:"Examines the transformation of Chinese literary genres in mid-Heian Japan by focusing on the ritualized recitation practices through which these works were performed and heard. This reconstruction of recitation as both a social and literary act demonstrates Sinographic literature's practical use among the capital nobility and modifications of Tang aesthetic principles"--
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-278) and index.
ISBN:1684175763
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Brian Steininger.