The Condition of Music and Anglophone Influences in the Poetry of Shao Xunmei

This is highly original and worthwhile research. Shao Xunmei is an absolutely fascinating character on the Shanghai literary scene, and there is not much research on him. This book makes a significant contribution in that regard. It is good and solid scholarship.

Dr Christopher Rosenmeier

Asian Studies, School of Literatures

Tian Jin has identified a fascinating topic. Very little is known in the West about Shao Xunmei or about his engagement with Western writing. The book contributes to our understanding of the influence and international reception of three Anglophone writers, Swinburne, Sitwell and Moore. The evocative translations by the author vividly bring Shao’s poetry before anglophone readers and are a major attraction of the book. It will be of particular appeal to scholars of Chinese poetry and to those engaged in interdisciplinary research on literature and music.

Dr Delia Da Sousa Correa

The Open University