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This collection is the first comprehensive treatment of the song lyric (tz'u) in China from its origins through the nineteenth century. Engaging issues of form, language, voice, and transmission, these essays explore the changing and frequently problematic situation of the tz'u over centuries of literary production. They articulate the common ground of critical discourse, focusing on concerns of gender and genre, that took shape in essays, anthologies, and the poems themselves.

《唐五代两宋词选释》编著于俞陛云晚年，曾以《唐词选释》、《五代词选释》、《南唐二主词辑述》与《宋词选释》为题，陆续发表。全书共计收唐词二十三家、六十首，五代词（包括南唐二主）二十五家、一百八十三首，宋词七十二家、六百六十六首，合计词人一百二十家、词九百〇九首，唐五代两宋名家精品词作毕集，蔚为大观。书中对所选各词，不但附加笺释，而且剖析层次脉络，指出其关键和精警所在，兼及词人轶事，考证故实，有时还参引前人评介，是一本艺术鉴赏力极高的选释本。