One who knows me : friendship and literary culture in Mid-Tang China

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Shields, Anna M., 1966- author

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"Explores the literature of the mid-Tang to reveal the complex value that its writers discovered in friendship--as a rewarding social practice, a rich literary topic, a way to negotiate literati id...

"Explores the literature of the mid-Tang to reveal the complex value that its writers discovered in friendship--as a rewarding social practice, a rich literary topic, a way to negotiate literati identity, and a path toward self-understanding. Shields traces the evolution of the performance of friendship through a wide range of genres, including letters, prefaces, exchange poetry, and funerary texts, and weaves elegant translations with close readings of these texts"--Provided by the publisher.

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