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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Qian, Nanxiu, editor. |
Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944- editor. |
Zhang, Bowei, editor.
Title: Reexamining the Sinosphere : transmissions and transformations in East Asia /
edited by Nanxiu Qian, Richard J. Smith, Bowei Zhang.
Description: Amherst, NY : Cambria Press, 2019. |
Series: Cambria Sinophone world series |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary: "For hundreds of years, into the twentieth century, the culture groups in the areas we now know as China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam shared a great many political and social values, religious beliefs, and artistic and literary traditions. These common cultural features were recorded and transmitted in the same basic written language-classical or literary Chinese (known as guwen/wenyan in China, Kanbun in Japan, Hanmun in Korea, and Hánvan in Vietnam). The umbrella term for this shared language is "literary Sinitic"-a term designed to recognize the fact that although guwen/wenyan originally developed in China, it had a vibrant life of its own in other areas of East Asia (i.e., what this study terms the Sinosphere). […] Among the many contributions of this study are its examination of different literary genres (including "classics," poetic primers, works for and about women, detective stories, and folksongs), its broad chronological scope (from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries), its equally extensive spatial range (including China, the Xi Xia Kingdom, Japan, Vietnam, and Korea), and its attention to "minority" cultures. Another distinctive feature of this volume is its exploration of epistemological and culture change in late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century East Asia Reexamining the Sinosphere: Transmissions and Transformations in East Asia will appeal not only to academic specialists in the histories, philosophies, literary and artistic traditions of East Asia, but also to instructors of college-level courses in East Asian history and culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019031696 |
ISBN 9781604979879 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781621964841 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: East Asian literature--History and criticism. | Intercultural communication--East Asia--History.
Classification: LCC PL493 .R35 2019 | DDC 895--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031696