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" Herself an author : "
Grace S. Fong.
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BL
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700165
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b522354
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| Main Entry
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Fong, Grace S.,1948-
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| Title & Author
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Herself an author : : gender, agency, and writing in late Imperial China /\ Grace S. Fong.
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| Publication Statement
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Honolulu :: University of Hawai'i Press,, ©2008.
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xi, 238 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0824831861
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: 9780824831868
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
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| Contents
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A life in poetry: the auto/biography of Gan Lirou (1743-1819) -- From the margin to the center: the literary vocation of concubines -- Authoring journeys: women on the road -- Gender and reading: form, rhetoric, and community in women's poetic criticism.
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"Herself an Author addresses the critical question of how to approach the study of women's writing. It explores various methods of engaging in a meaningful way with a rich corpus of poetry and prose written by women of the late Ming and Qing periods, much of it rediscovered by the author in rare book collections in China and the United States. The volume treats different genres of writing and includes translations of texts that are made available for the first time in English. Among the works considered are the life-long poetic record of Gan Lirou, the lyrical travel journal kept by Wang Fengxian, and the erotic poetry of the concubine Shen Cai."--Jacket.
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Chinese literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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Chinese literature-- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644-- History and criticism.
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Chinese literature-- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912-- History and criticism.
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895.1/099287
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PL2278.F66 2008
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