The selected poems of Tu Fu / Tu Fu ; expanded and newly translated by David Hinton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du, Fu, 712-770, author.

Contributor:

Hinton, David, 1954- translator.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Du, Fu, 712-770--Translations into English.

Du, Fu.

Du, Fu, 712-770.

Genre:

Translations.

Physical Description:

269 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First new directions edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Directions Publishing, [2019]

Summary:

"Tu Fu (712-770 C.E.) has for a millennium been widely considered the greatest poet in the Chinese tradition, and Hinton's original translation played a key role in developing that reputation in America. Most of Tu Fu's best poems were written in the last decade of his life, as an impoverished refugee fleeing the devastation of civil war. In the midst of these challenges, his always personal poems manage to combine a remarkable range of possibilities: elegant simplicity and great complexity, everyday life and grand historical drama, private philosophical depth and social engagement in a world consumed by war"-- Provided by publisher.

"Tu Fu (712-770 C.E.) has for a millennium been widely considered the greatest poet in the Chinese tradition, and Hinton's original translation played a key role in developing that reputation in America. Most of Tu Fu's best poems were written in the lastdecade of his life, as an impoverished refugee fleeing the devastation of civil war. In the midst of these challenges, his always personal poems manage to combine a remarkable range of possibilities: elegant simplicity and great complexity, everyday lifeand grand historical drama, private philosophical depth and social engagement in a world consumed by war"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780811228381

081122838X

OCLC:

1124776370

Publisher Number:

99984132125