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03225aam a2200445 i 4500 001 181B4110803411ED944134D030ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221220010056 008 211201s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021049610 020 $a 1621966232 020 $a 9781621966234 035 $a (OCoLC)1296690827 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 041 $a chi $a chi $h chi 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PL2308.5.S575 $b W55 2022 082 00 $a 895.11009/37 $2 23/eng/20220210 100 1 $a Williams, Nicholas Morrow, $e author. 245 10 $a Chinese poetry as soul summoning / $c Nicholas Morrow Williams. 246 34 $a Chinese poetry as soul summoning : $b Shamanistic religious influences on Chinese literary tradition 264 1 $a Amherst, New York : $b Cambria Press, $c [2022] 300 $a x, 264 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Cambria sinophone world series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the hun and other souls in China -- Divination and the interpretation of souls in the Chuci -- Far roamings in the Han Dynasty -- Scents and sensations of the soul in the Song Ci -- Reviving the dead in the 17th century -- Coda. 520 $a "This study examines the role of the soul (hun) and the soul-summoning ritual in Chinese literature from ancient times up to the twentieth century. With five case studies from different dynasties, spanning ancient Chu and the Han, Tang, Song, and Ming-Qing transition periods, Chinese Poetry as Soul Summoning shows Chinese poets were inspired by the belief in a soul that could be transported away from the body. On one hand, this provided a model for literature, as a therapeutic means of summoning back wayward souls; on the other, it inspired the imaginative range and formal structures of literary works, which followed the soul's journey from the individual person throughout the world and into the heavens. This study argues that the religious dimensions of Chinese poetry have not been sufficiently examined. The conception of the separable soul is a distinctive and perennial theme that has considerable explanatory reach in understanding traditional Chinese culture. Chinese Poetry as Soul Summoning will be a valuable addition to students and scholars of Chinese culture, comparative literature, and religious studies"-- $c Provided by publisher. 546 $a Text in English ; with poems in parallel Chinese and English translation. 650 0 $a Chinese poetry $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Soul in literature. 650 6 $a Poesie chinoise $x Histoire et critique. 650 6 $a Ame dans la litterature. 650 7 $a Chinese poetry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00857672 650 7 $a Soul in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01126927 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Williams, Nicholas Morrow. $t Chinese poetry as soul summoning $d Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, [2022] $z 9781621966395 $w (DLC) 2021049611 830 0 $a Cambria sinophone world series. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013720.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=181B4110803411ED944134D030ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search