TY - BOOK ID - 11333955 TI - Major Lyricists of the Northern Sung : 960-1126 A.D. PY - 2015 SN - 1400870100 0691062595 9781400870103 9780691618555 9780691062594 0691618550 PB - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Chinese poetry -- History and criticism. KW - Ci (Chinese poetry) -- History and criticism. KW - Civilization, Medieval, in literature. KW - Ci (Chinese poetry) KW - Civilization, Medieval, in literature KW - Chinese poetry KW - Languages & Literatures KW - East Asian Languages & Literatures KW - History and criticism KW - S16/0228 KW - S16/0229 KW - China: Literature and theatrical art--Poetry: Song and Yuan KW - China: Literature and theatrical art--Su Dongpo (Su Shi) KW - -China: Literature and theatrical art--Poetry: Song and Yuan KW - History and criticism. KW - Chinese literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11333955 AB - The tz'u, or lyric, reached its full maturity in China during the eleventh century and the first quarter of the twelfth. Until now this important poetic genre has been little known to English readers, and James J. Y. Liu's book is the first to deal systematically and critically with it. He does so by examining the work of six representative poets of the period.The poems are analyzed in terms of their "exploration of worlds," by which the author means the poet's probing of the natural world and the human world in which he lives, as well as of his own mind. This leads into a discussion of the poet's "exploration of language," his incessant effort to embody the worlds he explores in complex verbal structures and to realize the potentialities of the Chinese language as a medium of poetic expression.Preceding the general discussion of each lyricist's poetry are examples of the work of each in four forms: first in the original Chinese text, then in a romanization, next in a word-for-word translation, and finally in an idiomatic translation. Each poem is accompanied by a metrical diagram, explanatory notes, and a critical commentary. Attention is focused on poetic qualities and features such as diction, imagery, syntax, and prosody.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -