The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant: A Reader's Commentary by R.B. Parkinson

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant: A Reader's Commentary

R.B. Parkinson

384 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction philosophy reflective slow-paced
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The book provides a commentary on one of the best known poems from the Middle Kingdom, The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, from c. 1840 BC. An introduction covers issues of composition and reception in the Middle Kingdom; language and imagery; natur...

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