Modern archaics : : continuity and innovation in the Chinese lyric tradition, 1900-1937 / / Shengqing Wu.

• Superior document: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series ; 88
• VerfasserIn: Wu, Shengqing,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 88.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"Drawing upon extensive archival research into the poetry collections and literary journals of two generations of poets and critics, Wu explores the transformation of Chinese classical-style poetry in the early twentieth century and highlights the mutually transformative power of the modern and the archaic"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Falling leaves and grieving cicadas: allegory and the experience of loss in song lyrics -- Radical antiquarianism: Chen Sanli's poetic response to cultural crisis -- Contested Fengya: loyalists and classical poetry clubs -- A lonely enterprise: classical poetry and new means of cultural production -- Re-feminizing modern space: Lu Bicheng and her overseas lyrics -- "O my love is like a red red rose": classical form and translation -- Epilogue: Translations of tradition.