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Just a song : Chinese lyrics from the eleventh and early twelfth centuries
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"Analyzes the transformation of song lyric (ci), a form of Chinese poetry, from performance contribution to a full literary genre. Examines its discursive contrast to older classical poetry, as wel...
"Analyzes the transformation of song lyric (ci), a form of Chinese poetry, from performance contribution to a full literary genre. Examines its discursive contrast to older classical poetry, as well as its emphasis on sensibility, which was lost in the new Song world of righteousness and public advancement"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Stephen Owen
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019
- ©2019
- Physical Details
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- 420 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781684170982, 0674987128, 9780674987128, 1684170982
- OCLC
- on1022992500, on1153516037, on1202467018
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-407) and index.
- Introduction -- Part I. Setting the stage. Early circulation -- Origins -- Part II. The early and mid-eleventh century. The Yuezhang ji and Liu Yong -- The Xiaoling collections (I) -- The Xiaoling collections (II) -- Yan Jidao -- Part III. The age of Su Shi. Su Shi -- The generation after Su Shi -- Su Shi's protégés -- Qin Guan -- He Zhu -- Zhou Bangyan -- Part IV. Into the twelfth century. Recovering a history -- The last generation of the northern song and on -- Conclusion by way of continuing -- Reference matter. Appendix A. The manuscripts of Feng Yansi -- Appendix B. Lyrics adrift -- Appendix C. The "high style" and its opposites