An introduction to Chinese poetry : from the Canon of Poetry to the lyrics of the Song dynasty
Title:
An introduction to Chinese poetry : from the Canon of Poetry to the lyrics of the Song dynasty
Harvard East Asian monographs ;
Author:
Fuller, Michael Anthony, author.
ISBN:
9780674977013
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by Harvard University Asia Center, [2018]
Physical Description:
xvi, 478 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Series:
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 408
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 408.
Contents:
The classical Chinese language -- The formal and rhetorical resources 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 -- Ci in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
Abstract:
"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.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 11003722 PL2307 F856 yh