Roaming Into the Beyond: Representations of Xian Immortality in Early Medieval Chinese Verse

by Zornica Kirková

In Roaming into the Beyond Zornica Kirkova provides the first detailed study in a Western language of Daoism-inspired themes in early medieval Chinese poetry. She examines representations of Daoist xian immortality in a broad range of versified literature from the Han until the end of the Six Dynasties, focusing on the transformations of themes, concepts, and imagery within a wide literary and religious context. Adopting a more integrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004311564
• ISBN13: 9789004311565
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"