Aesthetic detachment

Author: Jiang Jianyun
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: "The Grotesque Poetry School" refers to a group of poets led by figures such as Meng Jiao, Han Yu, Lu Tong, Li He, and Jia Dao during the mid-Tang Dynasty. The author discusses the emergence and decline of the Grotesque Poetry School from the perspective of mid-Tang poetry and the entire Tang poetry canon, analyzing its causes from social, political, cultural, and literary aspects. The book also provides an aesthetic evaluation of this poetic school. It is a rare poetic history centered on the Grotesque Poetry School.