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Author : Eva Shan Chou
Release : 2006-11-02
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 280/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Reconsidering Tu Fu by : Eva Shan Chou
Download or read book Reconsidering Tu Fu written by Eva Shan Chou. This book was released on 2006-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work studies one of China's greatest poets, Tu Fu, as both cultural icon and literary genius.
Author : Eva Shan Chou
Release : 2006-11-02
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 288/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Reconsidering Tu Fu by : Eva Shan Chou
Download or read book Reconsidering Tu Fu written by Eva Shan Chou. This book was released on 2006-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tu Fu is, by universal consent, the greatest poet of the Chinese tradition and the epitome of the Chinese moral conscience at its highest. In Reconsidering Tu Fu, Eva Shan Chou examines Tu Fu both as a cultural monument and as a poet. She investigates the evolution of his stature as an icon, and provides translations of many poems, both well known and obscure. Her analyses are both original in their formulation and considerate of the many fine readings of traditional commentators.
Author : Alfreda Murck
Release : 2020-10-26
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 338/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Poetry and Painting in Song China by : Alfreda Murck
Download or read book Poetry and Painting in Song China written by Alfreda Murck. This book was released on 2020-10-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the history of imperial China, the educated elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. During the Song dynasty (960-1278), some members of this elite found an elegant and subtle means of dissent: landscape painting. By examining literary archetypes, the titles of paintings, contemporary inscriptions, and the historical context, Alfreda Murck shows that certain paintings expressed strong political opinions--some transparent, others deliberately concealed. She argues that the coding of messages in seemingly innocuous paintings was an important factor in the growing respect for painting among the educated elite and that the capacity of painting’s systems of reference to allow scholars to express dissent with impunity contributed to the art’s vitality and longevity.
Author : David Hinton
Release : 2014-06-10
Genre : Poetry
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Book Rating : 221/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Classical Chinese Poetry by : David Hinton
Download or read book Classical Chinese Poetry written by David Hinton. This book was released on 2014-06-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this groundbreaking collection Classical Chinese Poetry, translated and edited by the renowned poet and translator David Hinton, a new generation will be introduced to the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature, and this rich and far-reaching anthology of nearly five hundred poems provides a comprehensive account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE to 1200 CE), the period during which virtually all its landmark developments took place. Unlike earlier anthologies of Chinese poetry, Hinton's book focuses on a relatively small number of poets, providing selections that are large enough to re-create each as a fully realized and unique voice. New introductions to each poet's work provide a readable history, told for the first time as a series of poetic innovations forged by a series of master poets. From the classic texts of Chinese philosophy to intensely personal lyrics, from love poems to startling and strange perspectives on nature, Hinton has collected an entire world of beauty and insight. And in his eye-opening translations, these ancient poems feel remarkably fresh and contemporary, presenting a literature both radically new and entirely resonant, in Classical Chinese Poetry.
Author : Michel-Andre Bossy
Release : 2001-10-30
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 328/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Artists, Writers, and Musicians by : Michel-Andre Bossy
Download or read book Artists, Writers, and Musicians written by Michel-Andre Bossy. This book was released on 2001-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disney's animated trailblazing, Dostoyevsky's philosophical neuroses, Hendrix's electric haze, Hitchcock's masterful manipulation, Frida Kahlo's scarifying portraits, Van Gogh's vigorous color, and Virginia Woolf's modern feminism: this multicultural reference tool examines 200 artists, writers, and musicians from around the world. Detailed biographical essays place them in a broad historical context, showing how their luminous achievements influenced and guided contemporary and future generations, shaped the internal and external perceptions of their craft, and met the sensibilities of their audience.
