The flowering of modern Chinese poetry : an anthology of verse from the Republican period / translated by Herbert Batt and Sheldon Zitner ; with introductions by Michel Hockx.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Batt, Herbert J., 1945- translator.

Hockx, Michel, writer of introduction.

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese poetry--20th century--Translations into English.

Chinese poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The May Fourth Movement launched an era of turmoil and transformation in China, as Western ideas and education encroached on the Confucian traditions at the root of Chinese society. The Republican period (1919–49) witnessed an outpouring of poetry in a form and style new to China, written in the common people’s language, baihua ("plain speech"). The New Poetry broke with the centuries-old tradition of classical poetry and its intricate forms, and the rise of China’s modern poetry reflects the rise of modern China. The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry presents English translations of over 250 poems by fifty poets, including a rich selection of poetry by women writers, to provide a nuanced picture of the rapid development of vernacular verse in China from its emergence during the May Fourth Movement, through the years of the Japanese invasion, to the Communist victory in the Civil War in 1949. Michel Hockx introduces the historical and literary contexts of the various schools of vernacular poetry that developed throughout the period – the pioneers, formalists, symbolists, "peasants and soldiers" poets, and Shanghai poets of the late 1940s. Each selection of verse begins with a biographical sketch of the author’s life and literary career, including their roles in the Civil War and Japanese occupation. Introducing English readers to master poets who are virtually unknown to Western audiences, this anthology presents a collection of verse written in an age of struggle that attests to the courage, sensitivity, and imagination of the Chinese people.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Translators’ Preface

Introduction: The Making of Modern Chinese Poetry in the Twentieth Century

Pioneers

Introduction

Hu Shi (1891–1962)

Liu Dabai (1880–1932)

Xu Yunuo (1894–1958)

Lu Xun (1881–1935)

Guo Moruo (1892–1978)

Bing Xin (1900–99)

Liu Yanling (1894–1988)

Ye Shaojun (1894–1988)

Zheng Zhenduo (1898–1958)

Zhu Ziqing (1898–1948)

Formalists

Xu Zhimo (1897–1931)

Wen Yiduo (1899–1946)

Zhu Xiang (1904–33)

Shao Xunmei (1906–68)

Chen Mengjia (1911–66)

Shen Congwen (1902–88)

Fang Lingru (1897–1976)

Feng Zhi (1905–93)

Wu Xinghua (1921–66)

Symbolists

Li Jinfa (1900–76)

Yao Pengzi (1891–1969)

Lin Huiyin (1904–55)

Fei Ming (1901–67)

He Qifang (1912–77)

Dai Wangshu (1905–50)

Bian Zhilin (1910–2000)

Lin Geng (1910–2006)

Li Guangtian (1906–68)

Ji Xian (1913–2013)

Qin Zihao (1911–63)

“Peasants and Soldiers” Poetry

Yin Fu (1909–31)

Feng Xuefeng (1903–76)

Tian Jian (1916–85)

Zang Kejia (1905–2004)

Ai Qing (1910–96)

Wang Yaping (1905–83)

Ding Ling (1904–86)

Zou Difan (1917–95)

Wang Tongzhao (1897–1957)

A Long (1907–67)

Gao Lan (1909–87)

Liu Jia (1916–)

The Nine Leaves Poets

Mu Dan (1918–77)

Du Yunxie (1918–2002)

Tang Shi (1920–2005)

Tang Qi (1920–90)

Hang Yuehe (1917–95)

Yuan Kejia (1921–2008)

Chen Jingrong (1917–89)

Zheng Min (1920–)

Glossary

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 26, 2016).

ISBN:

9780773599451

0773599452

9780773599444

0773599444

OCLC:

948828387