A note on references: Listed below are all works the contributors referenced in the process of writing specific pieces, some for inspiration, others for confirmation of specific details. Works that are considered suitable for readers of this blog as extended reading are indicated in bold.

In Women and the Moon: Isolation, sorrow, and longing from the Palace to the Boudoir
Cai, Z. (2008). How to read chinese poetry : A guided anthology. New York: Columbia University Press.
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Chang, K. S., Saussy, H., & Kwong, C. Y. (1999). Women writers of traditional china : An anthology of poetry and criticism. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
Lee, M. O. (1988). Per nubila lunam : The moon in virgil’s “aeneid”. Vergilius (1959-), 34, 9-14.
Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41592346
Owen, S. (2019). Just a song : Chinese lyrics from the eleventh and early twelfth centuries. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center.
Ratto, K. (1971). The moon in literature. Elementary English, 48(8), 932-936.
Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41387006
Read, S., & Gill, C. (2019). How women and the moon intertwine in literature.
Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/how-women-and-the-moon-intertwine-in-literature-120257
Seed, D. (2019). Moon on the mind: Two millennia of lunar literature.
Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02090-w
Verlaine, P., & Shapiro, N. R. (1999). One hundred and one poems by paul verlaine : A bilingual edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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Yang, L., & An, D. (2005). Handbook of chinese mythology. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Abc-Clio.
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