Chinese poetry as soul summoning /
This study examines the role of the soul (hun) and the soul-summoning ritual in Chinese literature from ancient times up to the twentieth century. With five case studies from different dynasties, spanning ancient Chu and the Han, Tang, Song and Ming-Qing transition periods, Chinese Poetry as Soul Su...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Chinese |
| Language Notes: | Text in English with poems in parallel Chinese and English translation. |
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Amherst, New York :
Cambria Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Cambria sinophone world series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the hun and other souls in China
- Divination and the interpretation of souls in the Chuci
- Far roamings in the Han Dynasty
- Scents and sensations of the soul in the Song Ci
- Reviving the dead in the 17th century
- Coda.