Three Chinese Poets

Informationen zum Autor Vikram Seth has written acclaimed books in several genres: verse novel, The Golden Gate ; travel book, From Heaven Lake ; animal fables, Beastly Tales ; epic fiction, A Suitable Boy . His most recent novel, An Equal Music , was published in 1999. He lives in England and India. Klappentext The three T'ang dynasty poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China, or indeed the world. Responding differently to their common times, Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu crystallize the immense variety of China and the Chinese poetic tradition and, across a distance of twelve hundred years, move the reader as it is rare for even poetry to do. Zusammenfassung The three T'ang dynasty poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China! or indeed the world. Responding differently to their common times! Wang Wei! Li Bai! and Du Fu crystallize the immense variety of China and the Chinese poetic tradition and! across a distance of twelve hundred years! move the reader as it is rare for even poetry to do.

Product details

• Authors: Vikram Seth, Seth Vikram, Seth Vikram
• Assisted by: Bai (Translation), Wang Wei (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.1993
• EAN: 9780060950248
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095024-8
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, POETRY: Anthologies (multiple authors), POETRY: General, ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: CHINA: LITERATURE, POETRY: ANTHOLOGIES, POETRY: Haiku *, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Asian / Indic