Media Round Up: Mostly False Starts
Feb. 23rd, 2025 02:02 pmI was lucky that I watched several drama I liked and could finish recently but now I'm having trouble settling on something to watch. I did finish a book though!
Tao Yuanming and Manuscript Culture: The Record of a Dusty Table by Xiaofei Tian —I enjoyed this book about how variant version of Tao Yuanming’s poems might change how we view the poet. The first chapter which focused on how these variants were seen historically was especially good and the rest of the book didn't quite live up to it. I still liked how it added a lot of context that's helpful for understanding the poems. I didn't like some of the arguments about what the poet felt, which just seems overly strong for the evidence. Overall worth reading.
Other than that I have watched and given up after a few episodes several things ( Read more... )
Tao Yuanming and Manuscript Culture: The Record of a Dusty Table by Xiaofei Tian —I enjoyed this book about how variant version of Tao Yuanming’s poems might change how we view the poet. The first chapter which focused on how these variants were seen historically was especially good and the rest of the book didn't quite live up to it. I still liked how it added a lot of context that's helpful for understanding the poems. I didn't like some of the arguments about what the poet felt, which just seems overly strong for the evidence. Overall worth reading.
Other than that I have watched and given up after a few episodes several things ( Read more... )
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