Towers in the Void
Li Yu and Early Modern Chinese Media
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 2023
392 pages
978-0-231-55824-2 (ISBN)
Description
S. E. Kile argues that Li Yu's cultural experimentation draws attention to the materiality of particular media forms, expanding the scope of early modern media by interweaving books, buildings, and bodies.
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S. E. Kile is assistant professor of Chinese literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Content
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Introduction
Part I: Textual Media
1. Cultural Entrepreneurship and Woodblock Print
2. Building with Words
Part II: Spatial Media
3. Fictional Space in Twelve Towers
4. Garden Space in Leisure Notes
Part III: Corporeal Media
5. Remodeling Fictional Bodies
6. Remodeling Real Bodies in Leisure Notes
Epilogue
Appendix: Li Yu's Oeuvre
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Conventions
Introduction
Part I: Textual Media
1. Cultural Entrepreneurship and Woodblock Print
2. Building with Words
Part II: Spatial Media
3. Fictional Space in Twelve Towers
4. Garden Space in Leisure Notes
Part III: Corporeal Media
5. Remodeling Fictional Bodies
6. Remodeling Real Bodies in Leisure Notes
Epilogue
Appendix: Li Yu's Oeuvre
Notes
Works Cited
Index
