Joanne Tsao
Publication date:
20 Jan 2020
Publisher:
Brill
Abstract:
In The City of Ye in the Chinese Literary Landscape, Joanne Tsao demonstrates how the city of Ye changed from an iconic space that represented Cao Cao’s heroic enterprise to a symbol of the fruitlessness of human endeavour, and then finally to a literary landmark, a synecdoche for the vicissitudes of human life caught in the predictable cycles of dynastic rise and decline. Through a close reading of literary works on Ye, she illustrates how the city transformed from a lived to imaginative space to become a symbol in the poetic lexicon. Making use of literary and historical texts on Ye and its material remains through the Song and beyond she shows the potency of place as a generative force in literary production and in historical discourse.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Construction and Development of Ye
Ye in Jian’an Literature
Ye the Dynastic Capital
Ye in the Mind of Poets from the Seventh Century and Beyond
Conclusion
Postscript: Beyond the Song-Yuan Era
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