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Paperback. Pub Date: 1989 09 Pages: 172 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Tu Fu (712-770 AD) is China's Greatest Classical poet He radically altered the poetry of the High T'ang Chinese PERIOD; in addition to making formal innovations in language and structure. he extended the range of acceptable subject matter to include all aspects of public and private experience. thus becoming in the words of the translator David Hinton. 'the first complete poetic sensibility in Chinese literature'. This edition of The Selected Poems of Tu Fu is the most comprehensive selection of his work available in English. David Hinton conveys the ambiguity and density of the originals in his translations. while retaining a scholar's devotion to the text. The poems are complemented by the translator's introduction. notes to the poems and biography of Tu Fu. Together these form a fascinating portr...
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This edition of The Selected Poems of Tu Fu is the only comprehensive selection of the poet's work currently available in English. While retaining a scholar's devotion to the text, Hinton has attempted "to recreate Tu Fu's poems as new systems of uncertainty." By reflecting all the ambiguity and density of the originals, he has created compelling English poems that significantly alter our conception of Chinese poetry. Included with the poems are the translator's introduction and translation principles. as well as a biography of Tu Fu; together these provide a fascinating portrait of a uniquely sensitive spirit during one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history.
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Tu Fu said 'A poet's ideas are noble and simple.' But Tu Fu does not seem so simple to us. His richly-layered work is well represented in these crisp translations. The background notes are invaluable. One of the world's finest poets is made available here.--Gary Snyder
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- PublisherNew Directions
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0811211002
- ISBN 13 9780811211000
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages172
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