Author: Richard E. Strassberg (Translator)

ISBN: 9780520085800

publisher: University of California Press

publisher Date: 09/20/1994

Price: 52.95

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Description: The anthology is abundantly illustrated with paintings, portraits, maps, and drawings. Each selection is meticulously translated, carefully annotated, and prefaced by a brief description of the writer's life and work. The entire collection is introduced by an in-depth survey of the rise of Chinese travel writing as a cultural phenomenon. Inscribed Landscapes provides a unique resource for travelers as well as for scholars of Chinese literature, art and history.