The Selected Poems of Tu Fu: Expanded and Newly Translated by David Hinton
A new and substantially expanded version of Hinton's landmark translation of Tu Fu, published on the thirtieth anniversary of that original editionTu Fu (712-770 C.E.) has for a millennium been widely considered the greatest poet in the Chinese tradition, and Hinton's original translation played a key role in developing that reputation in America. Most of Tu Fu's best poems were written in the last decade of his life, as an impoverished refugee fleeing the devastation of civil war. In the midst of these challenges, his always personal poems manage to combine a remarkable range of possibilities: elegant simplicity and great complexity, everyda…
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Weitere Autoren: Hinton, David (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8112-2839-8
- EAN: 9780811228398
- Produktnummer: 34249604
- Verlag: New Directions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'172 KB
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Tu Fu (712-770) was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. His poetry prominently features themes of morality and history, and is known for its adherence to strict structural forms. Tu Fu lived during the devastating An Lushan Rebellion and this experience was reflected in his later work.
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