Twenty-Nine Goodbyes : An Introduction to Chinese Poetry / Timothy Billings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Billings, Timothy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, [2025]

Summary:

An engrossing, witty introduction to classical Chinese poetry through twenty-nine translations of a single poem.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Introduction

1. "Taking Leave of a Friend," Ezra Pound

2. "A Farewell," Herbert Giles

3. 友人 (Seeing Off a Friend)

4. Categorical Comparatives, with Wang Li

5. "Sending Off (a) Friend(s)

6. "Le Depart D'un Ami," Judith Gautier

7. "Saying Good-Bye to a Friend," Amy Lowell and Florence Ayscough

8. "Adieu," W. J. B. Fletcher

9. "Valedicit Amico," Angelo Zottoli

10. "Geleit," Alfred Forke

11. "Taking Leave of a Friend," Obata Shigeyoshi

12. "Je Reconduis Un Ami," Bruno Belpaire

13. "Le Chanson D'adieu," Jean-Marie Guislain

14. "Farewell to a Friend," Henry Hart

15. "A Farewell to a Friend," Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-Hu

16. "J'ai Reconduit Mon Ami . . . ," Tchou Kia Kien and Armand Gandon

17. "Saying Farewell to a Friend," Robert Payne

18. (Paraphrase), Xu Zhengzhong

Digression: Peng vs. Peng 篷

19 "Farewell to a Friend," Adet Lin

20. "Taking Leave of a Friend," Innes Herdan

21. "Farewell to a Friend," Xu Yuanchong

22. "Taking Leaves (1)," "Parting Friend," Harry Gilonis

23. Tonal Balance: Ping 平 and Ze 仄

24. "Seeing Off a Friend," Jonathan Stalling

25. "Seeing Off a Friend," Gregory Whincup

26. "Seeing Off a Friend," Edward Chang

27. "Seeing Off a Friend," Red Pine / Bill Porter

28. Yinsong: In Song

29. "Seeing Off a Friend," Timothy Billings

Epilogue: What's in a Name?: The Sonnet

Acknowledgments

Notes

Credits

References

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-5315-0837-5

OCLC:

1456860121