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The castles of Shu: Dream motives in the poetry of Lu You (1125-1210) /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The castles of Shu: Dream motives in the poetry of Lu You (1125-1210) // Martin Gerald Backstrom.
Author:	Backstrom, Martin Gerald,
Description:	1 electronic resource (238 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International51-09A.
Subject:	Asian literature. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9006248
ISBN:	9798206633238

The castles of Shu: Dream motives in the poetry of Lu You (1125-1210) /
Backstrom, Martin Gerald,

The castles of Shu: Dream motives in the poetry of Lu You (1125-1210) /Martin Gerald Backstrom. - 1 electronic resource (238 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 51-09, Section: A.

The exploitation of the dream experience by medieval Chinese poets derives from a rich tradition of oneiric literature. Inspired by ancient fu rhapsodies on the Goddess of Shaman Mountain (the Gao Tang fu and Shen nu fu)--poems in which the King of Chu enters dreams and attempts to make love to the goddess/vapor who outside of dreams is the mist on the mountainside--poets of the Tang and Song investigate the possibilities of outlandish dream-travel and/or oneiric encounters with lovers and estranged acquaintances. The Southern Song dynasty poet Lu You (1125-1210), who composed over 150 verses on purported experiences in dreams, is the medieval dream-poet par excellence. The dissertation attempts to show how Lu explores, with innovation and ingenuity, various aspects of the dream experience--and how he converts such phenomena into concrete poetic language for the purpose of elucidating certain personal themes. Lu avails himself, for instance, of dreams to penetrate, and thus satisfy his curiosity about, the Daoist paradises and Buddhist heavens of immortality; he manipulates the shadowy ambiguity, the shifting and blending of frontiers between dreams and wakefulness, to explore the illusions of time and existence; he finds in dreams an excuse to fashion poems on reminiscences of youth, to meet with Daoist adepts bearing useful arcana (Lu was an avid alchemist) and to otherwise assuage certain intellectual (and, occasionally, physical) needs. The dream experience--whether real or contrived--opens up, for Lu You, a wealth of poetic possibilities unknown to his earth-bound colleagues. Lu You's innovative use of oneiric material also extends into a scientific appreciation of dreams as phenomena to be understood and reinvented for their own sake. In several poems Lu exploits the peculiar sensory aspects of dreams for their inherent interest, towards no other purpose than the advancement of art. Biographical material is also provided, with an aim to challenge ossified notions that Lu You was the selfless "patriot-poet" of late medieval China.

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ISBN: 9798206633238Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Asian literature.
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