This volume of essays on medieval Chinese literature and culture is part of Fudan University's series of books on Chinese civilization. It is based on a successful international workshop organized by Zhang Yue 張月 of the University of Macau and Chen Yinchi 陳引馳 of Fudan University in 2018. The edited volume and the workshop were sponsored by the International Center for Studies of Chinese Civilization at Fudan University. The first of its kind, comprising essays written by scholars from China and the United States, this volume investigates six clusters of multidisciplinary topics on the relationship between poetry and history in medieval Chinese literature.
The essays in this volume examine the vibrant and diverse relationship between poetry and history carefully and clearly, such as how the lore of historical figures and events is circulated among various literary subgenres and the role poetry plays in historical narratives and anecdotal collections. The book...
