{"product_id":"imitations-of-the-self-nicholas-morrow-williams-9789004282230","title":"Imitations of the Self: Jiang Yan and Chinese Poetics","description":"\u003ci\u003eImitations of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e reevaluates the poetry of Jiang Yan (444-505), long underappreciated because of its pervasive reliance on allusion, by emphasizing the self-conscious artistry of imitation. In context of \"imitation poetry,\" the popular genre of the Six Dynasties era, Jiang's work can be seen as the culmination of central trends in Six Dynasties poetry. His own life experiences are encoded in his poetry through an array of literary impersonations, reframed in traditional literary forms that imbue them with renewed significance. A close reading of Jiang Yan's poetry demonstrates the need to apply models of interpretation to Chinese poetry that do justice to the multiplicity of authorial self-representation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Morrow Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004282238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004282230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Nicholas Morrow Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49082470891775,"sku":"9789004282230","price":173.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imitations-of-the-self-nicholas-morrow-williams-9789004282230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}