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2. Negotiating Values: The Reception of Su Shi’s Works and Image
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Wang, Rucheng
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Literature ,History ,drama ,Huangzhou ,poetry ,reception history ,Song Dynasty ,Su Shi - Abstract
This paper explores the reception history of Su Shi (1037-1101), examining how his image evolved over time and across different interpretations. It discusses how Su Shi, a composite model of a loyal official and a carefree literatus, was portrayed in historical, literary, and dramatic sources. By analyzing the interplay between Su Shi’s works and works of reception, this paper delves into the complex dynamics of values surrounding his image construction. This paper argues the reception of Su Shi’s works and his image was not a linear progression, but rather a constant process of negotiations and contentions of different discourses. It opposes a simplistic portrayal of Su Shi, highlighting the multifaceted nature of his persona and the diversity of perspectives that emerged over the centuries. Through critical analysis, this paper reveals the interplay of values and discourses that shaped Su Shi’s reception, resisting attempts to canonize or monopolize his image.
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- 2024
3. The Case for Reading War Poetry as Ephemera.
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Ribeiro S. C. Thomaz, Julia
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WAR poetry ,WORLD War I ,POETRY collections ,ANTHROPOLOGY ,CULTURAL history - Abstract
The First World War blurred the lines between "ordinary" and "literary" writing practices. Many sources corroborate this: necrologies written about poets who died in the act of writing not a poem but rather a letter, or introductions to poetry collections where bereaved families and friends admit they had no knowledge of their loved one's writing practices until they found a journal full of poems after the author's death, which they only published as a posthumous tribute. This article uses examples of French poetry of the Great War to explore this permeability between what is considered war poetry and what is considered war ephemera. The main question it addresses is what changes when we look at the war poems that were initially ephemera or ordinary writing. Whose stories get told when poetry is studied not as literature to be judged as accomplished or failed art but as a way of writing to make sense of the world? It argues that when we choose to read poems as ephemera and from the point of view of a larger anthropology of writing practices, diverse histories emerge and communities who write poetry not only as an artistic pursuit but also as a means of organizing experience and leaving traces behind reclaim ownership over their own narratives. This can challenge the false equivalence between the cultural history of warfare and an intellectual history of the elites at war and includes poetry within paradigmatic shifts that place objects at the centre of mediations of the experience of war. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. AI-Generated Literature
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Danesi, Marcel and Danesi, Marcel
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- 2024
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5. Literature in Galileo's library.
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Hall, Crystal
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LITERATURE ,HISTORY ,DRAMA ,POETRY (Literary form) - Abstract
The 195 entries in Antonio Favaro's first catalog of books in the library of Galileo Galilei would seem to be an eclectic collection of literary genres, and indeed, Favaro sorted them accordingly: literary criticism, grammar and rhetoric, Latin classics, Italian classics, various poetic works, drama and fables, novels (romanzi) and fiction, history, and festivals. A closer look at the identities of the authors of the texts and paratexts as well as the content of the books reveals a distinct trend across these categories. Over 60% of the works printed after 1610 contain either a direct or indirect connection to Galileo and his associates, the telescope, the compound microscope, or the discoveries with these instruments. This article aggregates modern scholarship on the literary texts in the library and adds new literary sightings of Galileo while indicating areas open for further scholarly investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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