{"product_id":"the-matrix-of-lyric-transformation-poetic-modes-and-self-presentation-in-early-chinese-pentasyllabic-poetry-paperback","title":"The Matrix of Lyric Transformation: Poetic Modes and Self-Presentation in Early Chinese Pentasyllabic Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZong-Qi Cai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePentasyllabic poetry has been a focus of critical study since the appearance of the earliest works of Chinese literary criticism in the Six Dynasties period. Throughout the subsequent dynasties, traditional Chinese critics continued to examine pentasyllabic poetry as a leading poetic type and to compile various comprehensive anthologies of it. \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix of Lyric Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e enriches this tradition, using modern analytical methods to explore issues of self-expression and to trace the early formal, thematic, and generic developments of this poetic form. Beginning with a discussion of the \u003ci\u003eYüeh-fu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eku-shih\u003c\/i\u003e genres of the Han period, Cai Zong-qi introdues the analytical framework of \u003ci\u003emodes \u003c\/i\u003efrom Western literary criticism to show how the pentasyllabic poetry changed over time. He argues that changing practices of poetic composition effected a shift from a dramatic mode typical of folk compositions to a narrative mode and finally to lyric and symbolic modes developed in literati circles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCai Zong-Qi is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47540156727517,"sku":"9780472038053","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/U20xTk13Q3cvMmNCRkxhMmxqQnFyUT09.webp?v=1772577804","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-matrix-of-lyric-transformation-poetic-modes-and-self-presentation-in-early-chinese-pentasyllabic-poetry-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}