Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China

ISBN-13: 9780367770723 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 238 str.

Anne Birrell

Opis

This book, first published in 1988, compiles 77 songs and ballads (yüeh-fu) of early imperial China (200 BC – AD 300). Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated.

Spis treści

1. Hymns, 2. Fables in Verse, 3. The Elixir of Life, 4. Carpe Diem, 5. Burial Songs, 6. Political Broadsides, 7. Anti-War Ballads and Songs, 8. Domestic Drama, 9. Homeward Thoughts, 10. Love Songs, 11. The Ideal Home and Perfect Marriage

O autorze

Anne Birrell