Genre Networks and Empire
Download or Read eBook Genre Networks and Empire PDF written by Xiaoye You and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Xiaoye You |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2023 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780809338979 |
ISBN-13 | : 0809338971 |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Genre Networks and Empire by : Xiaoye You
Book excerpt: This book argues that political persuasion expanded in early imperial China through diverse written genres, and that what ancient Chinese called wenti jingwei, or genre networks, provides the central means to understand rhetoric and government at the time.