TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richter,Antje
TI  - Letters and epistolary culture in early medieval China /Antje Richter
SN  - 9780295804668
AV  - PL2400 .L488 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Seattle, London
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - Letter writing, Chinese
KW  - Chinese letters
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Chinese literature
KW  - 220-589
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - "A China Program book."; 2; Materials and concepts of letter writing --; Epistolary conventions and literary individuality; 2; b
N2  - This book of personal letters and letter-writing in premodern China focuses on the earliest period (circa 3rd-6th century CE) with a sizeable body of surviving correspondence. Along with the translation and analysis of many representative letters, the author explores the material culture of letter writing (writing supports and utensils, envelopes and seals, the transportation of finished letters) and letter-writing conventions (vocabulary, textual patterns, topicality, creativity)
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