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Three Chinese poets / Vikram Seth.
LIBRA - Special PL2658.E3 T46 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese poetry--Tang dynasty, 618-907--Translations into English.
- Chinese poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, xxv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 53 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- [Uncorrected proof].
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, [1993]
- Summary:
- The three T'ang dynasty poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China, or indeed the world. Responding differently to their common times, Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu crystallize the immense variety of China and the Chinese poetic tradition and, across a distance of twelve hundred years, move the reader as it is rare for even poetry to do.
- Contents:
- Wang Wei (701-761)
- Li Bai (701-761)
- Du Fu (712-770).
- Notes:
- Title and publication information from cover.
- "Probable publication date: 9/29/93. Probable price: $11.00 (PB). $22.00 (HC). Approximate length: 80 pages."
- Proof copy consists of text of British edition published by Faber and Faber in 1992.
- Blue paper wrapper lettered and ruled in black.
- Contains:
- Wang, Wei, 701-761. Poems. Selections. English 1993.
- Li, Bai, 701-762. Poems. Selections. English 1993.
- Du, Fu, 712-770. Poems. Selections. English 1993.
- ISBN:
- 0060553529
- 0060950242
- OCLC:
- 928108627
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