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City of Marvel and Transformation : Changan and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China /

During the Tang dynasty, the imperial capital of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was unrivaled in its monumental scale. City of Marvel and Transformation brings this cityscape to life together with the mindscape of its sojourner-writers. By analyzing narratives of experience with a distinctiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feng, Linda Rui, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:During the Tang dynasty, the imperial capital of Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) was unrivaled in its monumental scale. City of Marvel and Transformation brings this cityscape to life together with the mindscape of its sojourner-writers. By analyzing narratives of experience with a distinctive metropolitan consciousness, it retrieves lost connections between senses of the self and a sense of place.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780824856878