Chinese Songs in a French Key tells the extraordinary story of the birth, rebirth, and rich afterlife of Judith Gautier's The Book of Jade, which introduced readers throughout Europe to classical Chinese poetry.
Pauline Yu is president emerita of the American Council of Learned Societies. She is the author or editor of five books on Chinese and comparative literature. Yu serves on several philanthropic and nonprofit boards and was awarded a National Humanities Medal in 2022.
