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Zusatztext The translations are of high caliber, carefully done and polished. The book is user friendly. Informationen zum Autor Zong-qi Cai is professor of Chinese and comparative literature at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and chair professor of Chinese literature at Lingnan University of Hong Kong. His books on Chinese poetry include How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology (2007) and How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook (2012), both from Columbia University Press, as well as The Matrix of Lyric Transformation: Poetic Modes and Self-Presentation in Early Chinese Pentasyllabic Poetry (1996). Klappentext How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty. Presenting poems in Chinese along with English translations and commentary, it is a pioneering and versatile text for the study of Chinese language, literature, history, and culture. Zusammenfassung How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty. Presenting poems in Chinese along with English translations and commentary, it is a pioneering and versatile text for the study of Chinese language, literature, history, and culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Thematic Contents Preface to the How to Read Chinese Literature Series Preface to the Volume Chronology of Historical Events Symbols and Abbreviations Introduction: The Cultural Role of Chinese Poetry, by Zong-qi Cai Part I: Pre-Han Times 1. Poetry and Diplomacy in The Zuo Commentary(Zuozhuan), by Wai-yee Li 2. Poetry and Authorship: The Songs of Chu (Chuci), by Stephen Owen Part II: The Han Dynasty 3. Empire in Text: Sima Xiangru’s “Sir Vacuous/Imperial Park Rhapsody”(“Zixu/Shanglin fu”), by Yu-yu Cheng and Gregory Patterson 4. Poetry and Ideology: The Canonization of the Book of Poetry (Shijing) During the Han, by Zong-qi Cai 5. Love Beyond the Grave: A Tragic Tale of Love and Marriage in Han China, by Olga Lomová Part III: The Six Dynasties 6. Heroes from Chaotic Times: The Three Caos, by Xinda Lian 7. The Worthies of the Bamboo Grove, by Nanxiu Qian 8. The Poetry of Reclusion: Tao Qian, by Alan Berkowitz 9. The Struggling Buddhist Mind: Shen Yue, by Meow Hui Goh Part IV: The Tang Dynasty 10. Knight-Errantry: Tang Frontier Poems, by Tsung-Cheng Lin 11. Tang Civil Service Examinations, by Manling Luo 12. Tang Women at the Public/Private Divide, by Maija Bell Samei 13. Poetry and Buddhist Enlightenment: Wang Wei and Han Shan, by Chen Yinchi and Jing Chen 14. Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon: Li Bai and the Poetics of Wine, by Paula Varsano 15. Du Fu: The Poet as Historian, by Jack W. Chen 16. Poetry and Literati Friendship: Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen, by Ao Wang 17. Li He: Poetry as Obsession, by Robert Ashmore Acknowledgments Contributors Glossary-Index...
