Just a Song: Chinese Lyrics from the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series - Stephen Owen - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674987128 - March 1, 2019
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Just a Song: Chinese Lyrics from the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries - Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series


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“Song Lyric,” ci, is one of the most loved forms of Chinese poetry, radically distinct from “Classical Poetry,” shi. Stephen Owen examines song lyric’s literary traditions, including its origins, major writers and collections, and development into a genre, while offering a new hypothesis on the relationship between song practice and written text.


350 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 1, 2019
ISBN13 9780674987128
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 430
Dimensions 163 × 236 × 32 mm   ·   708 g

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