Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Contributors ix
5. 1. Southland as Symbol 1
6. 2. Southern Metal and Feather Fan: The “Southern Consciousness” of Lu Ji 19
7. 3. Fan Writing: Lu Ji, Lu Yun and the Cultural Transactions between North and South 43
8. 4. Plaint, Lyricism, and the South 79
9. 5. Farther South: Jiang Yan in Darkest Fujian 109
10. 6. The Pity of Spring: A Southern Topos Reimagined by Wang Bo and Li Bai 137
11. 7. The Stele and the Drunkard: Two Poetic Allusions from Xiangyang 165
12. 8. Jiangnan from the Ninth Century On: The Routinization of Desire 189
13. Works Cited 207
14. Index 219