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Title Memory in medieval China : text, ritual, and community / edited by Wendy Swartz, Robert Ford Campany.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 270 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Sinica Leidensia ; vol. 140
Sinica Leidensia ; v. 140.
Summary "Memory is not an inert container but a dynamic process. It can be structured by ritual, constrained by textual genre, and shaped by communities' expectations and reception. Urging a particular view of the past on readers is a complex rhetorical act. The collective reception of portrayals of the past often carries weighty implications for the present and future. The essays collected in this volume investigate various aspects of memory in medieval China (ca. 100-900 CE) as performed in various genres of writing, from poetry to anecdotes, from history to tomb epitaphs. They illuminate ways in which the memory of individual persons, events, dynasties, and literary styles was constructed and revised through processes of writing and reading. Contributors include: Sarah M. Allen, Robert Ashmore, Robert Ford Campany, Jack W. Chen, Alexei Ditter, Meow Hui Goh, Christopher M.B. Nugent, Xiaofei Tian, Wendy Swartz, Ping Wang"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Chinese literature -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. -- History and criticism.
Memory in literature.
Memory in literature.
Collective memory in literature.
Collective memory in literature.
Chronological Term 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Added Author Swartz, Wendy, 1972- editor.
Campany, Robert Ford, 1959- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Memory in medieval China. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] 9789004368620 (DLC) 2018015626 (OCoLC)1028827072
ISBN 9789004368637 (electronic book)
9004368639 (electronic book)
9789004368620 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9004368620 (hardcover : alkaline paper)