Drifting Among Rivers and Lakes: Southern Song Dynasty Poetry and the Problem of Literary History

by Michael A. Fuller

What drives literary change? Does literature merely follow shifts in a culture, or does it play a distinctive role in shaping emergent trends? Michael Fuller explores these questions while examining the changes in Chinese shi poetry from the late Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) to the end of the Southern Song (1127-1279), a period of profound social and cultural transformation.

Shi poetry written in response to events was the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674073223
• ISBN13: 9780674073227
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.4"