Modern Archaics: Continuity and Innovation in the Chinese Lyric Tradition, 1900-1937 by Shengqing Wu

Modern Archaics: Continuity and Innovation in the Chinese Lyric Tradition, 1900-1937

Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph (Hardcover)

Shengqing Wu

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After the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911 and the rise of a vernacular language movement, most scholars and writers declared the classical Chinese poetic tradition to be dead. But how could a longstanding high poetic form simply grind to a ha...

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