{"product_id":"cherishing-antiquity-olivia-milburn-9780674726680","title":"Cherishing Antiquity: The Cultural Construction of an Ancient Chinese Kingdom","description":"\u003ci\u003eCherishing Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e describes the commemoration within Chinese literature and culture of the southern kingdom of Wu, which collapsed in 473 BCE. The sudden rise and tragic fall of Wu within the space of just over one century would inspire numerous memorials in and around the city of Suzhou, once the capital of this ancient kingdom. A variety of physical structures, including temples, shrines, steles, and other monuments, were erected in memory of key figures in the kingdom's history. These sites inspired further literary representations in poetry and prose--musings on the exoticism, glamour, great wealth, and hideous end of the last king of Wu. Through an analysis first of the history of Wu as recorded in ancient Chinese texts and then of its literary legacy, Olivia Milburn illuminates the remarkable cultural endurance of this powerful but short-lived kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olivia Milburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674726685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674726680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.60d","brand":"Olivia Milburn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086761898239,"sku":"9780674726680","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14b51678-da48-4c4d-90db-ea635a3fb8b0.jpg?v=1769096428","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cherishing-antiquity-olivia-milburn-9780674726680","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}