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Elegies for Empire
A Poetics of Memory in the Late Work of Du Fu
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In Elegies for Empire, Gregory Patterson maps out a poetics of memory in the late works of Du Fu, widely considered China’s greatest poet. He argues that, for Du Fu, memory held the promise of rebuilding frameworks of belonging under conditions of displacement and dynastic crisis.
In Elegies for Empire, Gregory Patterson maps out a poetics of memory in the late works of Du Fu, widely considered China’s greatest poet. He argues that, for Du Fu, memory held the promise of rebuilding frameworks of belonging under conditions of displacement and dynastic crisis.