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1 online resource (405 pages). |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 271
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 271.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-396) and index. |
| Contents |
Rethinking "Traces" from the past: Ouyang Xiu on stone inscriptions -- A new poetry criticism: the creation of "Remarks on poetry" -- The peony's allure: botanical treatises and floral beauty -- Art collecting and its discontents in the lives of Su Shi, Wang Shen, and Mi Fu -- The song lyric, part one: the trouble with love -- The song lyric, part two: a new critical discourse, a new male voice -- Conclusion: the aesthetics of social class, marketplace, and gender. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
"During the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126), new ground was broken in aesthetic thought, particularly in the fields of art collecting, poetry criticism, connoisseurship of flowers, and the song lyric. Collectively these activities constitute much of what was distinctive about Northern Song culture. Yet the subjects treated here were unprecedented when they appeared; consequently, bold exploration was coupled with anxiety about the worth of these interests, especially given the Confucian biases against these pursuits. Despite differences in each area, certain overarching themes surface repeatedly. Together, these interests and choices suggest a logic behind the new directions of literati culture in the Northern Song. By focusing on the "problem of beauty," Ronald Egan calls attention to the difficulties that Northern Song innovators faced in justifying these new pursuits."--Publisher's website |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
China -- Civilization -- 960-1644.
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China. |
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Civilization. |
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960-1644 |
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Aesthetics.
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Aesthetics. |
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POETRY -- Asian -- Chinese. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Egan, Ronald, 1948- Problem of beauty. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006000347 (OCoLC)62872803 |
| ISBN |
9781684174393 (electronic book) |
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1684174392 (electronic book) |
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0674022645 (alkaline paper) |
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9780674022645 |
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