| Description |
1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Series |
Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser |
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Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Modern Archaics: CONTINUITY AND INNOVATION IN THE CHINESE LYRIC TRADITION, 1900- 1937 -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ornamental Lyricism -- PART I: A FORMAL FEELING COMES: POETRY OF MOURNING -- 1. Falling Leaves and Grieving Cicadas: Allegory and the Experience of Loss in Song Lyrics -- 2. Radical Antiquarianism: Chen Sanli and His Poetic Response to Cultural Crisis -- PART II: THE LURE OF INTELLECTUAL ELEGANCE: POETRY AS SOCIAL PRACTICE -- 3. Contested Fengya: Loyalists and Classical-Style Poetry Clubs |
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4. A Lonely Enterprise: Classical Poetry and New Means of Cultural Production -- PART III: LIGHTING THE MODERN TORCH WITH ANCIENT FIRE: TRAVELING POETICS -- 5. Refeminizing Modern Space: Lü Bicheng and Her Overseas Lyrics -- 6. O My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose: Classical Form and Translation -- Epilogue: Translations of Tradition -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series |
| Summary |
"Drawing upon extensive archival research into the poetry collections and literary journals of two generations of poets and critics, Wu explores the transformation of Chinese classical-style poetry in the early twentieth century and highlights the mutually transformative power of the modern and the archaic"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Chinese poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Chinese poetry.
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Chinese poetry
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781684170722 |
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1684170729 |
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