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

ISBN: 0674726677

ISBN13: 9780674726673

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

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 halt, even in the face of tumultuous social change? In this groundbreaking book, Shengqing Wu explores the transformation of Chinese classical-style poetry in the early twentieth century. Drawing on extensive...

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