Itineraries of power : : texts and traversals in Heian and medieval Japan / / Terry Kawashima.
""Examines a selection of prose narratives and poetry of the mid-Heian to medieval eras (900-1400) which conspicuously features tropes of movement. Argues that the concurrent appearance in a story of a character's physical motion and the techniques identified with literary strategies...
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| Superior document: | Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 395 |
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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 ;
395. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages :); illustrations, maps ; |
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| Other title: | Texts and Traversals in Heian and Medieval Japan |
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| Summary: | ""Examines a selection of prose narratives and poetry of the mid-Heian to medieval eras (900-1400) which conspicuously features tropes of movement. Argues that the concurrent appearance in a story of a character's physical motion and the techniques identified with literary strategies of motion is a textual signpost urging readers to focus on how the work conceptualizes relations of power and claims to authority"-- |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1684175704 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Terry Kawashima. |