Essays in medieval Chinese literature and cultural history
By: Paul W. Kroll
Series: Variorum collected studies series -- CS929; Collected studies -- CS929.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754659907
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; In and About the High T'ang: The dancing horses of T'ang; The flight from the capital and the death of Precious Consort Yang; Verses from on high: the ascent of T'ai Shan; Lexical landscapes and textual mountains in the high T'ang; Nostalgia and history in mid-9th-century verse: Cheng Yu's poem on 'The Chinyang Gate'. Poetry from Different Angles: 7 rhapsodies of Ts'ao Chih; The image of the halcyon kingfisher in medieval Chinese poetry; The egret in medieval Chinese literature; The memories of Lu Chao-lin; Tamed kite and stranded fish: Interference and apology in Lu Chao-lin's fu; The significance of the fu in the history of T'ang poetry; Index.