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The burden of female talent : the poet Li Qingzhao and her history in China / Ronald Egan.

Author/creator Egan, Ronald, 1948-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2013.
Descriptionvii, 422 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series ; 90
Contents Women as writers in the Song Dynasty -- Writing and the struggle for acceptance -- Song lyrics preliminaries -- Widowhood, remarriage, divorce -- Writings from the aftermath -- The "afterword" -- The beginnings of "Li Qingzhao": reception during the Southern Song and Yuan -- Saving the widow, denying the remarriage: reception during the Ming and Qing -- Modernism, revisionism, feminism: reception in modern times -- Song lyrics, part 1 -- Song lyrics, part 2.
Abstract "By re-examining the Chinese woman poet Li Qingzhao, Egan discusses the traditional manipulation of her image to mold her talent to make it compatible with ideals of womanly conduct and identity, and reveals the difficulty literary culture had in coping with her extraordinary conduct and ability"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 403-414) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013009199
ISBN9780674726697 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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