The Inscription of Things: Writing and Materiality in Early Modern China

✍ Scribed by Thomas Kelly

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 369
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Thomas Kelly develops a new account of the relationship between Chinese literature and material culture by examining inscribed objects from the late Ming and early to mid-Qing dynasties.

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