The Hsieh, Daniel creator author text xxu 1996 monographic eng

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viii, 375 p. ; "One of the most important and popular genres in the Chinese literary tradition is the jueju or quatrain. The scale of the form would seem to limit its depth and significance. But in China, the poets of the great age of poetry - the Tang (618-907) - all excelled at it. To understand the extraordinary richness and depth this form was capable of, we must examine its early history.This study traces the development of the jueju from its earliest beginnings, which may go as far back as the Book of Songs (eleventh- to seventh-centuries B.C.), through the early Tang dynasty. It aims, above all, to be a detailed, historical account in which any and every element that had a role in the evolution of the jueju is examined."--BOOK JACKET. Daniel Hsieh. Jue ju -- History and criticism Chinese poetry -- History and criticism History and criticism Jue ju Chinese poetry Chinese poetry, history and criticism 895.1009 HSI 9780820433318 0820433314 InACL 261016 20261016191633.0 221831 eng