A Failure to Communicate: Li Shangyin's Hermetic Legacy
Issue Date
2015-05-31Author
Bowden, Emily Carol
Publisher
University of Kansas
Format
81 pages
Type
Thesis
Degree Level
M.A.
Discipline
East Asian Languages & Cultures
Rights
Copyright held by the author.
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An in-depth study of the Tang poet Li Shangyin, focusing on selected hermetic poems that illustrate Shangyin's approach to Chinese poetics. This paper emphasizes the frustrating, elusive quality of Shangyin's hermetic verses, exploring the themes and techniques that both complicate and explain this poet's unique style.
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