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Book/Printed Material Authorship and text-making in early China

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Title

  • Authorship and text-making in early China

Summary

  • "This book presents the first systematic investigation on the four types of authorship in the early history of Chinese text making. It enlightens readers with a careful analysis of the emergence and development of the concept of authorship, hand in hand with text formation in early China, and offers an innovative methodology for all those who are interested in rereading and reappraising early Chinese texts"--Back cover.

Names

  • Zhang, Hanmo, author

Created / Published

  • Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]
  • ©2018

Contents

  • Text, author, and the function of authorship -- The author as cultural hero: the Yellow Emperor, the symbolic author -- The author as the head of a teaching lineage: Confucius, the quotable author -- The author as a patron: Prince of Huainan, the owner-author -- The author as an individual writer: Sima Qian, the presented author.

Headings

  • -  To 1500
  • -  Authorship--History--To 1500
  • -  Chinese literature--To 221 B.C.--History and criticism
  • -  Transmission of texts--China--History--To 1500
  • -  Authorship
  • -  Chinese literature
  • -  Transmission of texts
  • -  China

Genre

  • Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • History

Notes

  • -  Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2012.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-345) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xii, 363 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PL2280

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020718927

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Zhang, Hanmo, Author. Authorship and text-making in early China. [Boston ; Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, ©, 2018] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718927/.

APA citation style:

Zhang, H. (2018) Authorship and text-making in early China. [Boston ; Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718927/.

MLA citation style:

Zhang, Hanmo, Author. Authorship and text-making in early China. [Boston ; Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, ©, 2018] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718927/>.