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The Columbia book of Chinese poetry : from early times to the thirteenth century / translated and edited by Burton Watson.
Van Pelt Library PL2658.E3 C66 1984
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Translations from the Oriental classics
- Translations from the Oriental classics.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese poetry--Translations into English.
- Chinese poetry.
- English poetry--Translations from Chinese.
- English poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 385 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1984.
- Summary:
- "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 includes 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. 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
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [377]-381.
- ISBN:
- 0231056826
- OCLC:
- 10277459
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