Considers the role of hiddenness in the history of cultural production in premodern China. This volume brings together fourteen essays that explore the role of

This volume brings together fourteen essays that explore the role of hiddenness—as both an object and a mode of representation—in the history of cultural pr

This book challenges the existing misconception that there was no rhetoric in ancient China. Instead, this book provides ample evidence from public speeches in

This book explores how two early modern and two modern Japanese writers – Yosa Buson (1716–83), Ema Saikō (1787–1861), Masaoka Shiki (1867–1902), and N

We live in a world riven through with standards. To understand more of their deep, rich past is to understand ourselves better. The two volumes, Standardization