Popular songs and ballads of Han China
Birrell, Anne1993
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Introduces a repertoire of 77 songs and ballads of early imperial China. Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated. Deals systematically with problems of the earliest sources, attribution, textual variants, meter and structure.
Main title:
Popular songs and ballads of Han China / by Anne Birrell
Author:
Imprint:
Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 1993
Collation:
226 p.. map
Contents:
Hymns - Fables in Verse - The Elixir of Life - Carpe Diem - Burial Songs - Political Broadsides - Anti-war Ballads and Songs - Domestic Drama - Homeward Thoughts - Love Songs - The Ideal Home and Perfect Marriage
ISBN:
0824815483 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.1122 POP
Local class:
895.1122
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
118225
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 895.1122 POP | Available |