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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
2016.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
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. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780824856878 |