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THE SONGS OF THE SOUTH
AN ANCIENT CHINESE ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS BY QU YUAN AND OTHER POETS |
| By: |
Yuan Qu, etc., D. Hawkes (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140443754 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140443752 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
29 August, 1985 |
| Series: |
Classics |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Translated from: |
Chinese |
| Description: |
Compiled in the second century AD, this anthology includes poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, that are grouped under seventeen titles and contain all that we know of Chinese poetry's ancient beginnings. |
| 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. |
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| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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