Symptoms of an Unruly Age : Li Zhi and Cultures of Early Modernity / / Rivi Handler-Spitz.
Symptoms of an Unruly Age compares the writings of Li Zhi (1527-1602) and his late-Ming compatriots to texts composed by their European contemporaries, including Montaigne, Shakespeare, and Cervantes. Emphasizing aesthetic patterns that transcend national boundaries, Rivi Handler-Spitz explores thes...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Seattle, [Washington] ;, London, [England] : : University of Washington Press,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Transparent language: origin myths and early modern aspirations of recovery
- The rhetoric of bluff: paradox, irony, and self-contradiction
- Sartorial signs and Li Zhi's paradoxical appearance
- Money and Li Zhi's economies of rhetoric
- Dubious books and definitive editions
- Provoking or persuading readers? Li Zhi and the incitement of critical judgment.