Twenty-Nine Goodbyes: An Introduction to Chinese Poetry - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Fordham University PressISBN-13:9781531508357ISBN-10:1531508359UPC:9781531508357Book Category:Poetry, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Asian, Translating & InterpretingBook Topic:ChineseSize:8.10 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCWPW95ZR7
Twenty-Nine Goodbyes: An Introduction to Chinese Poetry
A primer for those with no previous knowledge of Chinese, this book introduces readers to the fundamentals of classical Chinese poetry through twenty-nine ways of understanding a single poem. "Seeing Off a Friend," by the great Tang poet Li Bai (701-762) has long been praised for its vividness, subtlety, and poignancy. Anthologizing twenty-nine translations of the poem, Timothy Billings not only...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Fordham University PressISBN-13:9781531508357ISBN-10:1531508359UPC:9781531508357Book Category:Poetry, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Asian, Translating & InterpretingBook Topic:ChineseSize:8.10 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCWPW95ZR7
Timothy Billings is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Middlebury College, where his expertise spans classical Chinese literature and Shakespeare. Billings has edited and translated three award-winning bilingual critical editions that draw upon Chinese sources: Victor Segalen's St?les / 古今碑錄 (with Christopher Bush), Matteo Ricci's Essay on Friendship / 交友論 One Hundred Maxims for a...
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