Cultural Transplantation - The Writing of Classical Chinese Poetry in Colonial Singapore (1887‒1945)

This book examines how classical Chinese poetry took root and developed in colonial Singapore, integrating both traditional and new literary features to express in a lyrical way the sojourner's sentiments and local consciousness of Chinese immigrant poets.

About the author

Lap Lam obtained his Ph.D. in Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia and is now associate professor in the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore.

Product details

• Authors: Lap Lam
• Publisher: de Gruyter Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2023
• EAN: 9789004538917
• ISBN: 978-90-04-53891-7
• No. of pages: 436
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 780 g
• Series: Chinese Overseas
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies