The Songs of the South An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets - Penguin Classics

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Publisher's 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780141198705
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 895.111
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 260g
Height: 195mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 21mm