TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hsieh,Daniel
TI  - The evolution of jueju verse
SN  - 9780820433318
U1  - 895.1009 23
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York
PB  - Peter Lang
KW  - Jue ju -- History and criticism
KW  - Chinese poetry -- History and criticism
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Jue ju
KW  - Chinese poetry
KW  - Chinese poetry, history and criticism
N2  - "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
ER  -