Introduction to Chinese Poetry
From the Canon of Poetry to the Lyrics of the Song Dynasty
WW Norton · Print & ebook · February 13, 2018
This innovative textbook for learning classical Chinese poetry moves beyond the traditional anthology of poems translated into English and instead brings readers—including those with no knowledge of Chinese—as close as possible to the texture of the poems in their original language.
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- Who it’s for
- A textbook brings classical Chinese poems close through language, form, historical context, and translation.
- Genres
- Chinese Poetry, Chinese Language Study, Chinese Literary Collections
- Published
- WW Norton, February 13, 2018
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This innovative textbook for learning classical Chinese poetry moves beyond the traditional anthology of poems translated into English and instead brings readers—including those with no knowledge of Chinese—as close as possible to the texture of the poems in their original language. The first two chapters introduce the features of classical Chinese that are important for poetry and then survey the formal and rhetorical conventions of classical poetry.
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The core chapters present the major poets and poems of the Chinese poetic tradition from earliest times to the lyrics of the Song Dynasty (960–1279). Each chapter begins with an overview of the historical context for the poetry of a particular period and provides a brief biography for each poet. Each of the poems appears in the original Chinese with a word-by-word translation, followed by Fuller’s unadorned translation, and a more polished version by modern translators. A question-based study guide highlights the important issues in reading and understanding each particular text. Designed for classroom use and for self-study, the textbook’s goal is to help the reader appreciate both the distinctive voices of the major writers in the Chinese poetic tradition and the grand contours of the development of that tradition.
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A textbook brings classical Chinese poems close through language, form, historical context, and translation.
Come here for
- Classical Chinese features and poetic conventions
- Poems with word-by-word and polished translations
Expect
- Original Chinese alongside word-by-word translations
- Period overviews, poet biographies, and question-based study guides
Where it sits
| Chinese Poetry | 96% |
|---|---|
| Chinese Language Study | 34% |
| Chinese Literary Collections | 24% |
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Publisher categories
- Chinese Language Study
- Chinese Literary Criticism
- Chinese Poetry
- Authors
- Michael A. Fuller
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- February 13, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Chinese Language Study