What Painter Could Ever Capture This?: Poetry of the Four Lings of Song China

by Jonathan Chaves

A prevalent view of Chinese poetic history among Western readers, already taken for granted by Chinese and Japanese readers, has been that after the so-called Four Masters of Southern Song, the poetry of Song Dynasty (960-1279) essentially came to an end, to be followed by developments in the subsequent three dynasties. Such a view, however, leaves out of consideration a number of accomplished poets in the later Song, whose work is deserving of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1953225055
• ISBN13: 9781953225054
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Floating World Editions
• Length: 196 Pages