Contents

pp v-vi

Preface

pp vii-viii

1 - Introduction: The Rhapsodic Imagination

pp 1-16

Part One - Recitation and Display

pp 17-18

2 - The Origins of the Term “Fu” as a Literary Genre of Recitation

pp 19-38

3 - Into the New Realm of Belles Lettres: Intersections of Sevens and Song Verses in Jian’an Poetry

pp 39-60

Part Two - Lyricism and Form

pp 61-62

4 - The Assimilation and Dissimilation of Fu and Shi Poetry up to the Tang Dynasty

pp 63-82

5 - Xu Wei’s Early Modern Rhapsodies: Catalogue and Critique, Lyricism and Logic

pp 83-110

Part Three - Philosophy and Dialogue

pp 111-112

6 - The Metaphysical Rhapsody of the Six Dynasties

pp 113-140

7 - Argumentation and Generic Change in the Mid-Tang Fu:Li Guan’s(766– 794) “Fu on Suffering the Pitiless Rains” and the Role of the Shelun Genre

pp 141-168

Part Four - Critique and Protest

pp 169-170

8 - The Hidden Message of Zhang Heng’s “Contemplating the Mystery”

pp 171-186

9 - A New Discourse on “Lament for the South” in the Fu of the Ming– Qing Transition

pp 187-222

Bibliography

pp 223-242

Index

pp 243-248