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Poetry of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Poetry as Autobiography

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An outstanding development in this period is the practice of writing poetry as autobiography, as the record of a life story. We will discuss the life-long collection of over 1000 poems by an eighteenth-century woman poet to illustrate her poetic self-construction. Guest Host: Prof. Grace Fong

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