Dialogues in the Dark by Nicholas Morrow Williams
Dialogues in the Dark traces how Chinese readers and scholars since the Han dynasty have variously interpreted the ancient poem Heavenly Questions (Tianwen), an enigmatic work attributed to Qu Yuan (fl. ca. 300 BCE). Nicholas Morrow Williams analyzes how the poems meaning evolved in different time periods and provides three new translations.-
Chinese History
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To Become a God
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Escape from the Wasteland
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Seeing Like an Official
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Drifting among Rivers and Lakes
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Beacon Fire and Shooting Star
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Longing for Landscape
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Performing Enlightenment
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Flourishing Fasts
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Up the River of Time
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Exile and Invention in the Prose Writings of Su Shi
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Ethnic Chrysalis
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Genealogy and Status
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The Korean Singer of Tales
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The Burden of Female Talent
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The Chinese Dreamscape, 300 BCE–800 CE
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Readings in Chinese Literary Thought
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Health and the Art of Living: Illness Narratives in Early Medieval Chinese Literature
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Elegies for Empire
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The Manchu Mirrors and the Knowledge of Plants and Animals in High Qing China
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A Historical Taxonomy of Talking Birds in Chinese Literature
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The Collapse of Heaven
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Dreaming and Self-Cultivation in China, 300 BCE–800 CE
Nicholas Morrow Williams is Professor of Chinese at Arizona State University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674299993 |
| ISBN 10 | 067429999X |
| Title | Dialogues in the Dark |
| Author | Nicholas Morrow Williams |
| Series | Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2025-07-22 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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