ISBN:
9781501773846
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9781501773853
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 327 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Cornell East Asia series number 217
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mazanec, Thomas J. Poet-monks
DDC:
895.11308
Keywords:
Guanxiu
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Qi, Ji
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Buddhist poetry, Chinese History To 1500
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Buddhist monks History To 1500
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Poets, Chinese Tang dynasty, 618-907
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Poetry Religious aspects
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Buddhism
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Asian history
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Asiatische Geschichte
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Buddhism
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Buddhismus
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Geschichte der Religion
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HISTORY / Asia / China
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History of religion
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry
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Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literaturwissenschaft: Antike und Mittelalter
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Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
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RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist)
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RELIGION / Buddhism / History
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Poètes chinois - 618-907 (Dynastie des Tang)
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China
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China
Abstract:
"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"--
Abstract:
Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an alternative historical arc of medieval Chinese poetry. Combining large-scale quantitative analysis with close readings of important literary texts, Thomas J. Mazanec describes how Buddhist poet-monks, who first appeared in the latter half of Tang-dynasty China, asserted a bold new vision of poetry that proclaimed the union of classical verse with Buddhist practices of repetition, incantation, and meditation.Mazanec traces the historical development of the poet-monk as a distinct actor in the Chinese literary world, arguing for the importance of religious practice in medieval literature. As they witnessed the collapse of the world around them, these monks wove together the frayed threads of their traditions to establish an elite-style Chinese Buddhist poetry. Poet-Monks shows that during the transformative period of the Tang-Song transition, Buddhist monks were at the forefront of poetic innovation
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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