Reconsidering Tu Fu literary greatness and cultural context Eva Shan Chou

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chou, E. Shan (Eva Shan)

Series:

Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Du, Fu, 712-770--Criticism and interpretation.

Du, Fu.

Chinese literature--221 B.C.-960 A.D--History and criticism.

Chinese literature.

Du, Fu, 712-770.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press 1995

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tu Fu is, by universal consent, the greatest poet of the Chinese tradition. In the epochal An Lu-shan rebellion, he alone of his contemporaries consistently recorded in poetry the great events and pervasive sufferings of the time. For a millennium, Tu Fu's poetry has been accepted as epitomizing the Chinese moral conscience at its highest, and as such his work has been placed almost beyond the reach of criticism. In Reconsidering Tu Fu, Eva Shan Chou defuses these formidable problems by examining Tu Fu as both a cultural monument and a poet. She investigates the evolution of his stature as an icon and shows its continuing effect upon interpretations of Tu Fu's work. Dr Chou provides translations of many poems, both well known and obscure. Her analyses are both original in their formulation and considerate of the many fine readings of traditional commentators

Contents:

Foreword / James R. Hightower

1. The legacy of Tu Fu. Historical background and biography. The cultural legacy. The poetic legacy

2. Social conscience: Compassion and topicality in the poetry. Subject matter. Realism. Stylized realism

3. Juxtaposition I: A structural principle. Juxtaposition defined. Examples. Juxtaposition and other structures

4. Juxtaposition II: A biographical analogue. Chronology. Mechanism. Solipsism. Coda

Conclusion: Sincerity reconsidered

Selected editions of the works of Tu Fu

Poems by Tu Fu

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version record

Contains:

Du, Fu, 712-770. Poems. Selections

Other Format:

Print version Chou, E. Shan (Eva Shan). Reconsidering Tu Fu

ISBN:

0511833946

9780511833946

0511551398

9780511551390

OCLC:

726824762

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