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One Hundred Poems from the Chinese
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
June 1, 1971
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780811203708
ISBN-10
0811203700
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$11.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Selected translations from the poetry of the Sung Dynasty together with thirty-five poems by Tu Fu
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Thirty-five poems by Tu Fu make up the first part of this volume. The translator then moves on to the Sung Dynasty (10th-12th centuries) to give us a number of poets of that period, much of whose work was not previously available in English. Mei Yao Ch'en, Su Tung P'o, Lu Yu, Chu Hsi, Hsu Chao, and the poetesses Li Ch'iang Chao and Chu Shu Chen. There is a general introduction, biographical and explanatory notes on the poets and poems, and a bibliography of other translations of Chinese poetry.
The lyrical world of Chinese poetry in faithful translations by Kenneth Rexroth.
The lyric poetry of Tu Fu ranks with the greatest in all world literature. Across the centuriesâTu Fu lived in the T'ang Dynasty (731-770)âhis poems come through to us with an immediacy that is breathtaking in Kenneth Rexroth's English versions. They are as simple as they are profound, as delicate as they are beautiful.Thirty-five poems by Tu Fu make up the first part of this volume. The translator then moves on to the Sung Dynasty (10th-12th centuries) to give us a number of poets of that period, much of whose work was not previously available in English. Mei Yao Ch'en, Su Tung P'o, Lu Yu, Chu Hsi, Hsu Chao, and the poetesses Li Ch'iang Chao and Chu Shu Chen. There is a general introduction, biographical and explanatory notes on the poets and poems, and a bibliography of other translations of Chinese poetry.
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from W W Norton & Co Inc (June 1, 1971)
9780811203708 | details & prices | List price $11.95
About: Selected translations from the poetry of the Sung Dynasty together with thirty-five poems by Tu Fu
About: Selected translations from the poetry of the Sung Dynasty together with thirty-five poems by Tu Fu
Paperback
from New Directions (June 1, 1971)
9780811201803 | details & prices | 1 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Selected translations from the poetry of the Sung Dynasty together with thirty-five poems by Tu Fu
About: Selected translations from the poetry of the Sung Dynasty together with thirty-five poems by Tu Fu
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