| How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology Contributor(s): Cai, Zong-Qi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0231139411 ISBN-13: 9780231139410 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the early twentieth century. The volume features more than 140 famous poems representing the best examples of "shi," "sao," "fu," "ci," and "qu" poetry, and is chronologically divided into six sections. Each chapter is prepared by a scholar who specializes in a particular period or genre. Poems are presented in Chinese and English and are accompanied by a tone-marked romanized version. Sound recording is available online free of charge. Each poem is followed by an explanation of Chinese linguistic and poetic conventions and recommended reading strategies for a true appreciation of Chinese poetry. An extensive table of contents facilitates an in-depth exploration of important thematic and formal issues, and the common themes, forms, and prosody of Chinese poetry are also discussed in a brief but comprehensive introduction. Contributors: Robert Ashmore (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Zong-qi Cai; Charles Egan (San Francisco State); Ronald Egan (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara); Grace Fong (McGill); David R. Knechtges (Univ. of Washington); Xinda Lian (Denison); Shuen-fu Lin (Univ. of Michigan); William H. Nienhauser Jr. (Univ. of Wisconsin); Maija Bell Samei; Jui-lung Su (National Univ. of Singapore); Wendy Swartz (Columbia); Xiaofei Tian (Harvard); Paula Varsano (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Fusheng Wu (Univ. of Utah) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | Asian - Chinese |
| Dewey: 895.110 |
| LCCN: 2007023263 |
| Series: How to Read Chinese Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 8.57" W x 10.9" (2.39 lbs) 456 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive introduction and extensive thematic table of contents highlight the thematic, formal, and prosodic features of Chinese poetry, and each chapter is written by a scholar who specializes in a particular period or genre. Poems are presented in Chinese and English and are accompanied by a tone-marked romanized version, an explanation of Chinese linguistic and poetic conventions, and recommended reading strategies. Sound recordings of the poems are available online free of charge. These unique features facilitate an intense engagement with Chinese poetical texts and help the reader derive aesthetic pleasure and insight from these works as one could from the original. The companion volume How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook presents 100 famous poems (56 are new selections) in Chinese, English, and romanization, accompanied by prose translation, textual notes, commentaries, and recordings. Contributors: Robert Ashmore (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Zong-qi Cai; Charles Egan (San Francisco State); Ronald Egan (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara); Grace Fong (McGill); David R. Knechtges (Univ. of Washington); Xinda Lian (Denison); Shuen-fu Lin (Univ. of Michigan); William H. Nienhauser Jr. (Univ. of Wisconsin); Maija Bell Samei; Jui-lung Su (National Univ. of Singapore); Wendy Swartz (Columbia); Xiaofei Tian (Harvard); Paula Varsano (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Fusheng Wu (Univ. of Utah) |