Women writers of traditional China
an anthology of poetry and criticism
by Kang-i Sun Chang, Haun Saussy, and Charles Yim-tze Kwong
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"This anthology of Chinese women's poetry in translation brings together representative selections from the work of some 130 poets from the Han dynasty to the early twentieth century.".
"These poets include empresses, imperial concubines, courtesans, grandmothers, recluses, Buddhist nuns, widows, painters, farm wives, revolutionaries, and adolescent girls thought to be incarnate immortals. Some women wrote out of isolation and despair, finding in words a mastery that otherwise eluded them. Others were recruited into poetry by family members, friends, or sympathetic male advocates.
Some dwelt on intimate family matters and cast their poems as addresses to husbands and sons at large in the wide world of men's affairs." "The primary purpose of this anthology is to put before the English-speaking reader evidence of the poetic talent that flourished, against all odds, among women in premodern China."--BOOK JACKET.
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Women authors, Chinese poetry, Translations into English, Women and literature, History and criticism, Mujeres como autoras, Mujeres y literatura, Poesía china, Traducciones al inglés, Chinese poetry, history and criticism, Chinese poetry, translations into english, Chinese literature, translations into english, Women poetsPlaces
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Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism
January 14, 2000, Stanford University Press
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Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism
January 14, 2000, Stanford University Press
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in English
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Women writers of traditional China: an anthology of poetry and criticism
1999, Stanford University Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 851-869) and index
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