Isbn: 9780674056039 - Manifest in Words, Written on Paper (harvard-yenching Institute Monograph Series): Producing and Circulating Poetry in Tang Dynasty China: 70 (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. Missing dust-jacket. Former owner's name on flyleaf, else no notes or highlights. Minimal shelf-wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Text clean and tight; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages.

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Hardback. Condition: New. This study aims to engage the textual realities of medieval literature by shedding light on the material lives of poems during the Tang, from their initial oral or written instantiation through their often lengthy and twisted paths of circulation. Tang poems exist today in stable written forms assumed to reflect their creators' original intent. Yet Tang poetic culture was based on hand-copied manuscripts and oral performance. We have almost no access to this poetry as it was experienced by contemporaries. This is no trivial matter, the author argues. If we do not understand how Tang people composed, experienced, and transmitted this poetry, we miss something fundamental about the roles of memory and copying in the circulation of poetry as well as readers' dynamic participation in the creation of texts.We learn something different about poems when we examine them, not as literary works transcending any particular physical form, but as objects with distinct physical attributes, visual and sonic. The attitudes of the Tang audience toward the stability of texts matter as well. Understanding Tang poetry requires acknowledging that Tang literary culture accepted the conscious revision of these works by authors, readers, and transmitters.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 341 pgs. Bibliography. A fine copy.

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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780674056039. …

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780674056039. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near fine. x, 341, [3] p. 24 cm. Hardcover in dustjacket. Jacket spine a bit faded.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 300 pages. 9.10x6.10x1.20 inches. In Stock.

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Hardback. Condition: New. This study aims to engage the textual realities of medieval literature by shedding light on the material lives of poems during the Tang, from their initial oral or written instantiation through their often lengthy and twisted paths of circulation. Tang poems exist today in stable written forms assumed to reflect their creators' original intent. Yet Tang poetic culture was based on hand-copied manuscripts and oral performance. We have almost no access to this poetry as it was experienced by contemporaries. This is no trivial matter, the author argues. If we do not understand how Tang people composed, experienced, and transmitted this poetry, we miss something fundamental about the roles of memory and copying in the circulation of poetry as well as readers' dynamic participation in the creation of texts.We learn something different about poems when we examine them, not as literary works transcending any particular physical form, but as objects with distinct physical attributes, visual and sonic. The attitudes of the Tang audience toward the stability of texts matter as well. Understanding Tang poetry requires acknowledging that Tang literary culture accepted the conscious revision of these works by authors, readers, and transmitters.…