Professor Cai's How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context forthcoming from Columbia University Press

The next volume in EALC professor Zong-qi Cai's How to Read Chinese Poetry series will be published by Columbia University Press in February 2018.

How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty (618–907). It aims to break down barriers—between language and culture, poetry and history—that have stood in the way of teaching and learning Chinese poetry. Not only a primer in early Chinese poetry, the volume demonstrates the unique and central role of poetry in the making of Chinese culture.

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