Just a Song - Chinese Lyrics From the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Owen is James Bryant Conant University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Klappentext "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. Zusammenfassung “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.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Owen
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780674987128
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98712-8
• No. of pages: 430
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Mon; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; Harvard-Yenching Institute Mon
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Chinese, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets