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An introduction to Chinese poetry : from the Canon of poetry to the lyrics of the Song dynasty / Michael A. Fuller.
Van Pelt Library PL2307 .F856 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fuller, Michael Anthony, author.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 408.
- Harvard East Asian monographs series ; 408
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese poetry--History and criticism.
- Chinese poetry.
- Chinese poetry--Translations into English.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 478 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2017.
- Language Note:
- English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- "A textbook for learning how to read classical Chinese poetry. A four-part format is used throughout to help both students with and without knowledge of Chinese to better understand the poems: the Chinese text of the poem, a word-by-word rendering, a "technical" translation, and a polished professional translation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The classical Chinese language
- The formal and rhetorical features of Chinese poetry
- Origins of the poetic tradition
- Poetry in the Han, Wei, and Jin dynasties
- The maturing of convention : the poetry of the northern and southern dynasties
- Early and high Tang poetry before Du Fu
- Du Fu
- Middle and late Tang poetry
- The growth of a new poetic form : the song lyric
- The song lyric in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780674977013
- 0674977017
- 9780674983885
- 0674983882
- OCLC:
- 969438777
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