Modern archaics
Subtitle: continuity and innovation in the Chinese lyric tradition, 1900-1937
By: Shengqing Wu
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series -- 88
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge (Massachusetts); London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780674726673
Subjects: Chinese poetry; History and criticism
Description: "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: Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-422) and index.
Table of contents: title: Falling leaves and grieving cicadas: allegory and the experience of loss in song lyrics; title: Radical antiquarianism: Chen Sanli's poetic response to cultural crisis; title: Contested Fengya: loyalists and classical poetry clubs; title: A lonely enterprise: classical poetry and new means of cultural production; title: Re-feminizing modern space: Lu Bicheng and her overseas lyrics; title: "O my love is like a red red rose": classical form and translation; title: Epilogue: Translations of tradition.