Women's poetry of late imperial China : transforming the inner chambers /

Li, Xiaorong.

Women's poetry of late imperial China : transforming the inner chambers / Xiaorong Li. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 236 pages). - A China program book .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The green window: the boudoir in poetic convention -- A new feminine ideal: the case of the anthology of correct beginnings -- Convention and intervention: the lyrical world of Gu Zhenli -- Inside out: the boudoir in times of chaos -- The old boudoir and the "new woman": the late Qing and early republican.

This work provides and analyzes examples of poetic themes, motifs, and imagery associated with the inner chambers by increasingly aware and sophisticated women writers in China.



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Chinese literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Chinese literature--History and criticism.--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Chinese literature--History and criticism.--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912


Electronic Books.

PL2278 / .W664 2012