Loading Prices..

Through a forest of chancellors: fugitive histories in Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge, an illustrated book from seventeenth-century Suzhou
Anne Burkus-Chasson  Burkus, Anne Gail  Liu, Yuan 
Publisher: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute
ISBN10: 0674032802 ISBN13: 9780674032804 DDC: 002.0951 LCC: NE1183.5

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-356) and indexes. Figures -- Introduction -- Pt. 1. The composition of the book. 1. The gallery of portraits re-created -- Liu Yuan's cover leaf -- Prefatory autographs -- The preface writers license the pictorial book -- The list of contents -- Lingyan Ge, the historical site -- 2. Composing the vassal's figure -- Unordinary images -- Physiognomic fantasies -- Costumes in disarray -- Under the guise of bandits -- 3. The act of turning the leaf -- Structures of the book -- Re-reading Du Fu -- The damask at leaf's edge -- Pt. II. The publication of the book. 4. Painter, publisher, reader-viewer : whose gallery? -- The "social drama" of the Ming-Qing transition / Liu Yuan and Tong Pengnian -- A model for community : echoing voices among the preface writers -- Climbing Yingzhou : Wu Weiye's response -- 5. Vexations of passage -- Variant endings -- Maxims, furtively impressed -- In the hands of all the masters -- From manuscript to printed book --- Appendix. Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge with annotated translations -- Reference matter -- Notes -- Works cited -- Character list -- Index.

Classification

Book Details

Subjects

Buying This Book

We query many merchants so that you can instantly compare prices and availability. You can even check historic prices and subscribe for notifications. For a manual check, clicking on a link will open a new window with a search for this book on the merchant's site of your choice.