Crafting a Collection: The Cultural Contexts and Poetic Practice of the Huajian Ji (Collection from Among the Flowers)

by Anna M. Shields

Compiled in 940 at the court of the kingdom of Shu, the Huajian ji is the earliest extant collection of song lyrics by literati poets. The collection has traditionally been studied as the precursor to the lyrics of the Song dynasty, or in terms of what it contributed to the later development of the genre. But scholars have rarely examined the work as an anthology, and have more often focused on the work of individual poets and their respective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674021428
• ISBN13: 9780674021426
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"