Reading Philosophy, Writing Poetry: Intertextual Modes of Making Meaning in Early Medieval China (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

Synopsis

Examines How Early Medieval Writers In China Understood And Manipulated A Shared Intellectual Lexicon To Produce Meaning. Focusing On Works By The Most Important And Innovative Poets Of The Period, It Explores Intertextuality--the Transference, Adaptation, Or Rewriting Of Signs--as A Mode Of Reading And A Condition Of Writing--provided By Publisher. Reading And Writing In Early Medieval China -- Xi Kang And The Poetics Of Bricolage -- The Poetic Repertoire Of Sun Chuo -- The Lanting Excursion And Xuanyan Poetry -- The Spontaneous Poet Tao Yuanming As An Intertext -- Reading And Roaming The Landscape: The Classic Of Changes In Xie Lingyun's Poetry. Wendy Swartz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English And Chinese.