Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Marvel and Transformation | 2015 | Linda Rui Feng | Buy |
City of Marvel and Transformation is an academic work by Linda Rui Feng, published in 2015 by the University of Hawai’i Press. The full title is City of Marvel and Transformation: Chang’an and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China.
The book looks at how writers and scholars during the Tang dynasty described life in Chang’an, one of the largest and most cosmopolitan cities of the medieval world. Feng examines travel writing, poetry, and personal accounts to build a picture of how the city shaped the people who lived in it.