[PDF.21sr] Reverie and Reality: Poetry on Travel by Late Imperial Chinese Women

This is a study of Chinese gentry women’s poems on the theme of travel written during the late imperial period (ca.1600–1911), when Chinese women’s literature and culture flourished as never before. It challenges the clichéd image of completely secluded and immobile women anxiously waiting inside their prescribed feminine space, the so-called inner quarters, for the return of traveling husbands or other male kin. The travel poems disc...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Reverie and Reality: Poetry on Travel by Late Imperial Chinese Women   |  Yanning Wang.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.