To Die and Not Decay: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in Early China by Wells, Matthew V.

To Die and Not Decay: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in Early China (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780924304583)

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To Die and Not Decay: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in Early China by Wells, Matthew V.

To Die and Not Decay: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in Early China

$25.00
To Die and Not Decay: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in Early China by Wells, Matthew V.

To Die and Not Decay: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in Early China

$25.00
Format: Paperback
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To Die and Not Decay is the only book-length study to date on early Chinese autobiographical writing and the cultural issues surrounding this particular genre. While other studies have regarded texts of the Han (206 BCE-220 CE) and early medieval period (220-589 CE) as antecedents for later authors, Matthew Wells focuses exclusively on earlier texts such as Ge Hong's (ca. 283-343 CE) "Authorial Postface" to the Baopuzi Waipian and asks what they say about the development of subjectivity, individual identity, and historical consciousness in early China. By putting these texts in dialogue with contemporary literary criticism, Wells challenges Western approaches to autobiography that have largely dominated studies of early Chinese self narrative.

Author: Matthew V. Wells
ISBN-10: 0924304588
ISBN-13: 9780924304583
Publisher: Association for Asian Studies
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2012
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.50d

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Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 31
By Matthew V. Wells
By Matthew V. Wells
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Matthew V. Wells is Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Culture and Chinese Studies at the University of Kentucky. Professor Wells previously taught Asian and world history at Eastern Oregon University (2006-2009). Professor Wells has lived and worked extensively in China.

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