Wang Anshi and Song poetic culture / Xiaoshan Yang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yang, Xiaoshan, 1959- author.

Series:

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, Supplement 2021.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection, Supplement 2021

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Chinese poetry.

Wang, Anshi, 1021-1086--Criticism and interpretation.

Wang, Anshi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2021]

Summary:

A poetic culture consists of a body of shared values and conventions that shape the composition and interpretation of poetry in a given historical period. This book on Wang Anshi (1021-1086) and Song poetic culture-the first of its kind in any Western language-brings into focus a cluster of issues that are central to the understanding of both the poet and his cultural milieu. These issues include the motivations and consequences of poetic contrarianism and the pursuit of novelty, the relationship between anthology compilation and canon formation, the entanglement of poetry with partisan politics, Buddhist orientations in poetic language, and the development of the notion of late style. Though diverse in nature and scope, the issues all bear the stamp of the period as well as Wang Anshi's distinct personality. Conceived of largely as a series of case studies, the book's individual chapters may be read independently of each other, but together they form a varied, if only partial, mosaic of Wang Anshi's work and its critical reception in the larger context of Song poetic culture.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Xiaoshan Yang

Introduction / Xiaoshan Yang

"Song of Brilliant Lady" / Xiaoshan Yang

Tradition and Individuality in Tang baijia shixuan / Xiaoshan Yang

Late Style / Xiaoshan Yang

From Cold Mountain to Bell Mountain / Xiaoshan Yang

"Hard to Trust You" / Xiaoshan Yang

Coda / Xiaoshan Yang

Epilogue / Xiaoshan Yang

Bibliography / Xiaoshan Yang

Index / Xiaoshan Yang

Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series / Xiaoshan Yang.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781684176519

1684176514

OCLC:

1310848595

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684176519 DOI