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Cambria Press 9/20/2022 Hardback or Cased Book New in New jacket Chinese Poetry as Soul Summoning: Shamanistic Religious Influences on Chinese Literary Tradition (Hardback or Cased Book)
Cambria Press 9/20/2022 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Cambria Press 9/20/2022 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 1621966232, ISBN13: 9781621966234, [publisher: Cambria Press] Hardcover Special order direct from the distributor [Victoria, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 2022]
ISBN10: 1621966232, ISBN13: 9781621966234, [publisher: Cambria Press] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Studies of Chinese culture and literature often neglect the importance of the various vocabulary terms for the self and identity that are used somewhat differently from their equivalents in Western languages. In particular, from the Warring States period up to today, Chinese poems often rely on the concept of a soul that can be separated from the body and needs to be summoned back by invocations.This study examines the role of the soul (hun) and the soul-summoning ritual in Chinese literature from ancient times up to the twentieth century. With five case studies from different dynasties, spanning ancient Chu and the Han, Tang, Song, and Ming-Qing transition periods, Chinese Poetry as Soul Summoning shows Chinese poets were inspired by the belief in a soul that could be transported away from the body. On one hand, this provided a model for literature, as a therapeutic means of summoning back wayward souls; on the other, it inspired the imaginative range and formal structures of literary works, which followed the soul's journey from the individual person throughout the world and into the heavens.In each period, highlighting the role of soul summoning illuminates new dimensions of literary history that have often been neglected. In the Warring States period, the poem 'Summons of the Soul' is the definitive statemen ...
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