Metamorphosis of the Private Sphere: Gardens and Objects in Tang-Song Poetry

by Xiaoshan Yang

The Chinese garden has been explored from a variety of angles. Much has been written about its structural features as well as its cosmological, religious, philosophical, moral, aesthetic, and economic underpinnings. This book deals with the poetic configurations of the private garden in cities from the ninth to the eleventh century in relation to the development of the private sphere in Chinese literati culture. It focuses on the ways in which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674012194
• ISBN13: 9780674012196
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"