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Feeling the Past in Seventeenth-Century China

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Feeling the Past in Seventeenth-Century China highlights the central role played by the body in writers' memories during the Ming-Qing cataclysm. Sight, sound, taste, and touch configured ordinary experiences next to traumatic events. This embodied experience reveals literature's mission of remembrance as a moral endeavor in cultural continuity.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674241114
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 358
  • Published:
  • October 14, 2019
  • Dimensions:
  • 237x160x28 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 632 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 18, 2024

Description of Feeling the Past in Seventeenth-Century China

Feeling the Past in Seventeenth-Century China highlights the central role played by the body in writers' memories during the Ming-Qing cataclysm. Sight, sound, taste, and touch configured ordinary experiences next to traumatic events. This embodied experience reveals literature's mission of remembrance as a moral endeavor in cultural continuity.

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