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100	1		_aRichter, Antje.
245	1	0	_aLetters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aSeattle : _bUniversity of Washington Press, _c2013.
264		4	_c©2013.
300			_a1 online resource (246 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aModern Language Initiative Bks.
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Epistolary Research in Chinese Studies and Beyond -- Textual Sources of Early Medieval Chinese Letter Writing -- The Organization of This Book -- Remarks on Translation -- Part One. Materials and Concepts of Letter Writing -- 1. Materiality and Terminology -- The Spread of Paper -- Calligraphy and Letter Writing -- Writers and Transporters of Letters -- Terminology -- The Genre of Personal Letters -- 2. Letters and Literary Thought -- Cao Pi's "Disquisitions on Literature" on Letters as a Genre -- The Absence of Letters in Lu Ji's "Rhapsody on Literature" -- Liu Xie's The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons on Letters -- Letters in Xiao Tong's Selections of Refined Literature -- Letters about Literary Thought -- Part Two. Epistolary Conventions and Literary Individuality -- 3. Structures and Phrases -- Letter Opening -- Letter Body -- Letter Closing -- Terms of Address and Self-Designation -- 4. Topoi -- Lamenting Separation -- Letters as Substitutes for Face-to-Face Conversation -- The Limits of Writing and Language -- 5. Normativity and Authenticity -- Letter-Writing Guides -- Expressing Individuality within the Bounds of Convention -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary-Index.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aLetter writing, Chinese.
650		0	_aChinese letters -- History and criticism.
650		0	_aChinese literature -- 220-589 -- History and criticism.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRichter, Antje _tLetters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China _dSeattle : University of Washington Press,c2013 _z9780295992785
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aModern Language Initiative Bks.
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3444532 _zClick to View
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