242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, first published in 1988, compiles 77 songs and ballads ( yüeh-fu ) of early imperial China (200 BC – AD 300). Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated. Dr Birrell deals systematically with problems of the earliest sources, dating, attribution, textual variants, multiforms, metre, generic title, song title and structure. This careful and thorough treatment... Read more
1. Hymns 2. Fables in Verse 3. The Elixir of Life 4. Carpe Diem 5. Burial Songs 6. Political Broadsides 7. Anti-War Ballads and Songs 8. Domestic Drama 9. Homeward Thoughts 10. Love Songs 11. The Ideal Home and Perfect Marriage
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Anne Birrell
