A Failure to Communicate: Li Shangyin's Hermetic Legacy

Bowden, Emily Carol

dc.contributor.advisor	McMahon, Keith
dc.contributor.author	Bowden, Emily Carol
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-11T23:36:27Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-11T23:36:27Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05-31
dc.date.submitted	2015
dc.identifier.other	http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13859
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/19187
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.format.extent	81 pages
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of Kansas
dc.rights	Copyright held by the author.
dc.subject	Asian literature
dc.subject	Chinese
dc.subject	Hermetic
dc.subject	Poetry
dc.subject	Shangyin
dc.subject	Tang
dc.title	A Failure to Communicate: Li Shangyin's Hermetic Legacy
dc.type	Thesis
dc.contributor.cmtemember	Williams, Crispin
dc.contributor.cmtemember	Hui, Xiao
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline	East Asian Languages & Cultures
dc.thesis.degreeLevel	M.A.
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess

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