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Three Hundred Tang Poems

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Publisher Comments:

"The road to Shu is hard, but harder still is to convey the spirit with which these poems were first written over a thousand years ago. And yet the translators have given us translations that feel alive, as if they were more like a dance between poet and translator, both of whom live on through the beauty of these poems. The night is young, and this book is full of music."—Red Pine

Three Hundred Tang Poems includes great names like Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei, as well as a splendid sampling of the rest of poets who helped to make the Tang the golden age of Chinese poetry.

Synopsis:

Three Hundred Tang Poems is one of the key twentieth century primers for western readers of Chinese poetry.

About the Author

Geoffrey Waters: The late Geoffrey Waters was a translator of Chinese and TIbetan

Michael Farman: Michael Farman is a translator of Chinese poetry and is a member of the American Literary Translators Association.

Jerome P. Seaton: Jerome Seaton is a translator from Chinese and is a professor Emeritas of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He is the translator of The Essential Chuang Tzu, The WIne of Endless Life, The Poetry of Zen and others.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781935210269
Author:
Waters, Geoffrey R.
Publisher:
White Pine Press (NY)
Author:
Farman, Michael
Author:
Lunde, David
Author:
Waters, Geoffrey
Author:
Seaton, Jerome P.
Subject:
Anthologies-Miscellaneous International Poetry
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20110931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
370
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in

Related Subjects

Fiction and Poetry » Anthologies » Miscellaneous International Poetry
Fiction and Poetry » Classics » Chinese
Religion » Eastern Religions » Chinese Religion and Literature

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