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An edition of Women writers of traditional China (1999)

Women writers of traditional China

an anthology of poetry and criticism

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"This anthology of Chinese women's poetry in translation brings together representative selections from the work of some 130 poets from the Han dynasty to the early twentieth century.".

"These poets include empresses, imperial concubines, courtesans, grandmothers, recluses, Buddhist nuns, widows, painters, farm wives, revolutionaries, and adolescent girls thought to be incarnate immortals. Some women wrote out of isolation and despair, finding in words a mastery that otherwise eluded them. Others were recruited into poetry by family members, friends, or sympathetic male advocates.

Some dwelt on intimate family matters and cast their poems as addresses to husbands and sons at large in the wide world of men's affairs." "The primary purpose of this anthology is to put before the English-speaking reader evidence of the poetic talent that flourished, against all odds, among women in premodern China."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
891

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Cover of: Women Writers of Traditional China
Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism
January 14, 2000, Stanford University Press
Paperback in English - 1 edition
Cover of: Women Writers of Traditional China
Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism
January 14, 2000, Stanford University Press
Hardcover in English - 1 edition
Cover of: Women writers of traditional China
Women writers of traditional China: an anthology of poetry and criticism
1999, Stanford University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 851-869) and index

Published in
Stanford, Calif

Classifications

Library of Congress
PL2278 .W65 1999, PL2278

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiv, 891 p. :
Number of pages
891

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16969140M
Internet Archive
womenwritersoftr0000unse
ISBN 10
0804732302, 0804732310
LCCN
99019030
OCLC/WorldCat
40715902
Library Thing
830206
Goodreads
407801

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