Contributions

  • Barnstone, Tony - Contributor
  • Chou, Ping, 1957- - Contributor

Publication

2005 - Anchor Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

109,000 words, Guess

Page Count

436 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1358187
  • Goodreads681955

Classifications

  • LCCPL2658.E3 A66 2005

Description

The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry spans three thousand years, bringing together more than six hundred poems by more than one hundred thirty poets, in translations-many new and exclusive to the book-by an array of distinguished translators. Here is the grand sweep of Chinese poetry, from the Book of Songs-ancient folk songs said to have been collected by Confucius himself-and Laozi's Dao De Jing to the vividly pictorial verse of Wang Wei, the romanticism of Li Po, the technical brilliance of Tu Fu, and all the way up to the twentieth-century poetry of Mao Zedong and the post--Cultural Revolution verse of the Misty poets. The book also includes a preface on the art of translation, a general introduction to Chinese poetic form, biographical headnotes for each of the poets, and concise essays on the dynasties that structure the book. [from publisher description].

Subjects

Genres

  • Translations into English

Other Editions

  • The Anchor book of Chinese poetryAnchor Books2005-01-01

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