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The Songs of the South

An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems By Qu Yuan And Other Poets

Penguin Classics
Paperback : 07 Jul 2011

£14.99

Synopsis

The Songs of the South is an anthology first compiled in the second century A.D. Its poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under seventeen titles and contain all that we know of Chinese poetry's ancient beginnings. The earliest poems were composed in the fourth century B.C. and almost half of them are traditionally ascribed to Qu Yuan.

Product details

Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141198705
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 352
Published : 07 Jul 2011
Publisher : Penguin Classics

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The Songs of the South

An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems By Qu Yuan And Other Poets

£14.99

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