The Burden of Female Talent: The Poet Li Qingzhao and Her History in China

by Ronald C. Egan

Widely considered the preeminent Chinese woman poet, Li Qingzhao (1084-1150s) occupies a crucial place in China's literary and cultural history. She stands out as the great exception to the rule that the first-rank poets in premodern China were male. But at what price to our understanding of her as a writer does this distinction come? The Burden of Female Talent challenges conventional modes of thinking about Li Qingzhao as a devoted but often...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674726693
• ISBN13: 9780674726697
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"