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Author Mazanec, Thomas J., author.

Title Poet-monks : the invention of Buddhist poetry in late medieval China / Thomas J. Mazanec.

Publication Info. Ithaca, New York : Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024.
©2024

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Cornell East Asia series ; number 217
Cornell East Asia series ; 217.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introducing poet-monks: history, geography, and sociality -- Inventing poet-monks: the first generation and their reception, 760-810 -- Becoming poet-monks: the formation of a tradition, 810-960 -- Repetition: retriplication and negation -- Incantation: sonority and foreignness -- Meditation: effort and absorption.
Summary "Using digital and traditional methods, Poet-Monks traces the rise of Buddhist poet-monks in the latter half of Tang-dynasty China and the way these monks merged together religious and literary practices, with a particular focus on Guanxiu and Qiji"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2024).
Subject Guanxiu, 832-912.
Qi, Ji, approximately 860-approximately 930.
Buddhist poetry, Chinese -- China -- History -- To 1500.
Buddhist monks -- China -- History -- To 1500.
Poets, Chinese -- Tang dynasty, 618-907.
Poetry -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Počtes chinois -- 618-907 (Dynastie des Tang)
HISTORY / Asia / China.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mazanec, Thomas J. Poet-monks Ithaca [New York] : Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024 9781501773839 (DLC) 2023015812
ISBN 9781501773853 electronic book
1501773852 electronic book
9781501773846 electronic book
1501773844 electronic book
9781501773839 hardcover
Standard No. AU@ 000074884925

 
    
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