Contents

• INTRODUCTION

• ONE—  DEFINING THE SONG LYRIC VOICE:  QUESTIONS OF GENRE
  • The Formation of a Distinct Generic Identity for Tz'u
  • Meaning the Words:  The Genuine as a Value in the Tradition of the Song Lyric
  • Song Lyrics and the Canon:  A Look at Anthologies of Tz'u
• TWO—  MAN'S VOICE/WOMAN'S VOICE:  QUESTIONS OF GENDER
  • Engendering the Lyric:  Her Image and Voice in Song
  • The Poetry of Li Ch'ing-chao:  A Woman Author and Women's Authorship
  • Liu Shih and Hsü Ts'an:  Feminine or Feminist?
• THREE—  FROM VOICE TO TEXT:  QUESTIONS OF GENEALOGY
  • The Problem of the Repute of Tz'u during the Northern Sung
  • Contexts of the Song Lyric in Sung Times:  Communication Technology Social Change Morality
  • Wang Kuo-wei's Song Lyrics in the Light of His Own Theories
  • Messages of Uncertain Origin:  The Textual Tradition of the Nan-T'ang erh-chu tz'u

• CONTRIBUTORS
• GLOSSARY
• BIBLIOGRAPHY