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Title: HISTORICAL TAXONOMY OF TALKING BIRDS IN CHINESE LITERATURE
By: Wilt L. Idema
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0674298675
ISBN 13: 9780674298675
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Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ASIA CENTER
Pub. date: 28 March, 2025
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Pages: 320
Description: Parrots and mynahs have played a unique role in Chinese literature for two millennia. In this wide-ranging thematic study Wilt L. Idema traces the development of the parrot and the mynah as characters in many forms of poetry and prose of Chinese elite literature, as well as in the long narrative ballads of traditional popular literature.
Illustrations: 17 illus., 12 color illus.
Returns: Returnable
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