Just a song : Chinese lyrics from the eleventh and early twelfth centuries / Stephen Owen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owen, Stephen, 1946- author.

Series:

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 114.

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 114

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shi, Su, 1164-1222.

Shi, Su.

Chinese poetry--Song dynasty, 960-1279--History and criticism.

Chinese poetry.

Performance poetry--China--History.

Performance poetry.

History.

China--Civilization--960-1644.

China.

Civilization.

Song Dynasty (China).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

420 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2019.

Summary:

"Analyzes the transformation of song lyric (ci), a form of Chinese poetry, from performance contribution to a full literary genre. Examines its discursive contrast to older classical poetry, as well as its emphasis on sensibility, which was lost in the new Song world of righteousness and public advancement"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Setting the stage. Early circulation

Origins

Part II. The early and mid-eleventh century. The Yuezhang ji and Liu Yong

The Xiaoling collections (I)

The Xiaoling collections (II)

Yan Jidao

Part III. The age of Su Shi. Su Shi

The generation after Su Shi

Su Shi's protégés

Qin Guan

He Zhu

Zhou Bangyan

Part IV. Into the twelfth century. Recovering a history

The last generation of the northern song and on

Conclusion by way of continuing

Reference matter. Appendix A. The manuscripts of Feng Yansi

Appendix B. Lyrics adrift

Appendix C. The "high style" and its opposites.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-407) and index.

ISBN:

9780674987128

0674987128

OCLC:

1022992500