Chinese Songs in a French Key - How Judith Gautier''s Book of Jade Introduced Europe to Chinese Poetry

Chinese Songs in a French Key tells the extraordinary story of the birth, rebirth, and rich afterlife of Judith Gautier's The Book of Jade, which introduced readers throughout Europe to classical Chinese poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Pauline Yu
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2025
• EAN: 9780231209427
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20942-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; China, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Comparative Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Biography: writers, literary criticism; history; biography & autobiography