Roaming into the beyond : : representations of Xian immortality in early medieval Chinese verse / / by Zornica Kirkova.
In Roaming into the Beyond Zornica Kirkova provides the first detailed study in a Western language of Daoism-inspired themes in early medieval Chinese poetry. She examines representations of Daoist xian immortality in a broad range of versified literature from the Han until the end of the Six Dynast...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sinica Leidensia
129. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (429 pages) |
| Notes: | Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Univerzita Karlova, 2007. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Religious and Literary Background
- 2 The Dramatis Personae
- 3 A Phenomenology of Immortals
- 4 The World of the Immortals
- 5 The Way to Immortality
- 6 Immortality in the Context of the Human World
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Extant Classical and Early Medieval Verse Treating the Theme of Immortality
- Bibliography
- Index.