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This volume, which involves the effort of many individuals, aims to present new translations of Chinese poetry written in classical meters from the earliest time down to the mid-twentieth century.
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**** Cited in BCL3, this is an admirable and comprehensive anthology from the 12th c. BC to the mid 70s. Originally published in 1975 by Doubleday. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
A comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry from the 12th century B.C. to the present.
This magnificent collection has the effect of a complete library rather than of an anthology of poetry.... A lyric quality comes through into our own language... Every page is alive with striking and wonderful things, immediately accessible. --Publishers Weekly
Sunflower Splendor is the largest and, on the whole, best anthology of translated Chinese poems to have appeared in a Western language.--The New York Times Book Review
This remarkably fine anthology should remain standard for a long time. --Library Journal
... excellent translations by divers hands. Open to any page and listen to the still, sad music... --Washington Post Bookworld
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-532) and index.
Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry (Midland Book)
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A comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry from the 12th century B.C. to the present.
This magnificent collection has the effect of a complete library rather than of an anthology of poetry.... A lyric quality comes through into our own language... Every page is alive with striking and wonderful things, immediately accessible. --Publishers Weekly
Sunflower Splendor is the largest and, on the whole, best anthology of translated Chinese poems to have appeared in a Western language.--The New York Times Book Review
This remarkably fine anthology should remain standard for a long time. --Library Journal
... excellent translations by divers hands. Open to any page and listen to the still, sad music... --Washington Post Bookworld
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