The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Burton Watson (Editor)Series:Translations from the Asian ClassicsPublish date:1987-01-21Pages:385
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231056830ISBN-10:231056834UPC:9780231056830Book Category:Poetry, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AsianSize:9.32 x 6.04 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SCA9NSMNAV
The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century
The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry presents translations of more than 420 poems by 96 poets drawn from the great ages of Chinese poetry. It begins with selections from the Book of Odes, the oldest anthology of Chinese poetry compiled around the seventh century B.C., and covers the succeeding generations down to the end of the Sung dynasty in A.D. 1279.
Important poets such as T ao Yüan-ming,...Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231056830ISBN-10:231056834UPC:9780231056830Book Category:Poetry, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AsianSize:9.32 x 6.04 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.261Product ID:SCA9NSMNAV
Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings all published by Columbia
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