James M. Hargett

Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools (eBook, ePUB)

The History of Travel Literature in Imperial China

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First-hand accounts of travel provide windows into places unknown to the reader, or new ways of seeing familiar places. In Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools, the first book-length treatment in English of Chinese travel literature (youji), James M. Hargett identifies and examines core works in the genre, from the Six Dynasties period (220581), when its essential characteristics emerged, to its florescence in the late Ming dynasty (13681644). He traces the dynamic process through which the genre, most of which was written by scholars and officials, developed, and shows that key features include a journey toward an identifiable place; essay or diary format; description of places, phenomena, and conditions, accompanied by authorial observations, comments, and even personal feelings; inclusion of sensory details; and narration of movement through space and time.

Travel literature's inclusion of a variety of writing styles and purposes has made it hard to delineate. Hargett finds, however, that classic pieces of Chinese travel literature reveal much about the author, his values, and his view of the world, which in turn tells us about the author's society, making travel literature a rich source of historical information.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295744483
• Artikelnr.: 54825586

Autorenporträt

James M. Hargett is professor of Chinese at the State University of New York, Albany. He is the author of Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools: The History of Travel Literature in China (University of Washington Press, 2018) and Stairway to Heaven: A Journey to the Summit of Mount Emei (SUNY Press, 2006); and translator of Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea: The Natural World and Material Culture of 12th Century South China (University of Washington Press, 2010) and Riding the River Home: A Complete and Annotated Translation of Fan Chengda's (1126-1193) Boat Trip to Wu (Wuchuan lu) (Chinese University Press, 2008).