Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China

The oral factor in Chinese literature, although critically important, has been largely neglected in the scholarship of the last generation. In this study, one of the leading specialists in classical Chinese literature introduces readers to a repertoire of seventy-seven songs and ballads of early imp...

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Main Author: Birrell, Anne (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Hawai'i Press 2018
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