| The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century Revised Edition Contributor(s): Watson, Burton (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0231056834 ISBN-13: 9780231056830 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1987 Annotation: This anthology covers an immense variety of different poets, spanning twenty-three centuries. In Watson's skilled hands, they all become accessible, intelligible, and highly readable. This is surely a great achievement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry - Literary Criticism | Asian - General |
| Dewey: 895.1 |
| LCCN: 83026182 |
| Series: Translations from the Asian Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.04" W x 9.32" (1.26 lbs) 385 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry presents translations of more than 420 poems by 96 poets drawn from the great ages of Chinese poetry. It begins with selections from the Book of Odes, the oldest anthology of Chinese poetry compiled around the seventh century B.C., and covers the succeeding generations down to the end of the Sung dynasty in A.D. 1279. Important poets such as T ao Yüan-ming, LiPo, Tu Fu, Su Tung-p o, and Lu Yu are treated in separate sections with generous samplings from their works, while lesser poets are represented in chapters devoted to the particular era in which they lived. A general introduction discusses the major characteristics and forms of traditional Chinese poetry, while introductory essays to the individual chapters outline the history of poetic development in China over the centuries. |