Letters and epistolary culture in early medieval China /
This book of personal letters and letter-writing in premodern China focuses on the earliest period (ca. 3rd-6th cent. CE) with a sizeable body of surviving correspondence. Along with the translation and analysis of many representative letters, the author explores the material culture of letter writi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
Publicado: |
Seattle ; London :
University of Washington Press,
[2013]
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Colección: | MLI / a China Program Book.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book of personal letters and letter-writing in premodern China focuses on the earliest period (ca. 3rd-6th cent. CE) with a sizeable body of surviving correspondence. Along with the translation and analysis of many representative letters, the author explores the material culture of letter writing (writing supports and utensils, envelopes and seals, the transportation of finished letters) and letter-writing conventions (vocabulary, textual patterns, topicality, creativity). |
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Notas: | "A China Program book." |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-218) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780295804668 0295804661 |