Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Defining decadence in the Chinese poetic tradition
  • 2. Xiao Gang and palace style poetry
  • 3. Li He: The poetry of beautiful women and ghastly ghosts
  • 4. Wen Tingyun: The poet dandy
  • 5. Li Shangyin: Negotiation with tradition
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.