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One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (New Directions Books)
by Kenneth Rexroth
Product Group: Book
Publisher: New Directions (1971-01-17)
ISBN: 0811201805
EAN: 9780811201803
Binding/Media: Paperback - 160 pages
SKU: 080201001
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: This copy is in good condition. There are neat Pencil writings and underlining in different parts of the copy. No visible highlights, tears to text. Tight spine. No Dust Jacket. Clean Soft Cover with light shelf/edge wear. Good copy of beautiful poetry, worth having,an affordable price. (L6-1)
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Product Description
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 centuries—Tu Fu lived in the T'ang Dynasty (731-770)—his 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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