Love, literacy, and laments: Themes of women writers in late imperial China

Women's History Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 107-141

  Paul, Ropp S ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749274120     PISSN: 09612025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09612029300200022     Document Type: Article

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