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The Poetry of Wang Wei New Translations and Commentary / Pauline Yu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Wei, 701-761.
- Series:
- Chinese literature in translation
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese poetry.
- Wang, Wei, 701-761--Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 274 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Indiana University Press 1980
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1980.
- Language Note:
- English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- A central figure during the peak of Tang dynasty literary activity, the poet Wang Wei (701-761) combined a subtle, deceptively simple imagery with a profound philosophical interpretation of the world based on integration and harmony. Although his poetry has been translated in the West, Wang Wei has not received a great deal of critical attention because of the elusive quality of his work. Pauline Yu has translated and annotated 150 of his poems, the most representative selection of Wang Wei in English to date. She corrects previous translators' prejudices for the nature poetry of Wang Wei by including generous samplings of the poet's juvenilia, court poetry, and Buddhist verse. An extensive introductory chapter discusses Taoist and "metaphysical" traditions in Chinese literature as well as Western Symbolist, post-Symbolist, and phenomenological theories as they pertain to the poetry of Wang Wei. Pauline Yu's exegeses opening each chapter of poetry suggest some interpretive guidelines. The individual poems, however, are allowed to speak for themselves and are accompanied only by notes and commentary explaining historical and literary allusions. Punctuated Chinese texts for all translations and a character glossary of key terms and names appear in appendixes—both of these features are unique among translations of Wang Wei's work.
- Contents:
- Chapter one. Critical introduction
- Chapter two. Juvenilia and other literary exercises
- Chapter three. Court poems
- Chapter four. Buddhist poems
- Chapter five. Nature poems
- Appendix I. Chinese texts of poems
- Appendix II. Chinese names, titles, and key terms: a glossary.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-253-05168-1
- OCLC:
- 1259584926
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