The Vitality of the Lyric Voice: Shih Poetry from the Late Han to the t'Ang

by Stephen Owen

This volume presents twelve essays on the evolution of shih poetry from the second to the tenth century, the period that began with the sudden flowering of shih poetry in live-character meter and culminated in the T'ang, the golden age of classical Chinese poetry. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691031347
• ISBN13: 9780691031347
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.8"