The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century - Translations from the Asian Classics

Jacket Description/Back: This anthology covers an immense variety of different poets, spanning twenty-three centuries. In Watson's skilled hands, they all become accessible, intelligible, and highly readable. This is surely a great achievement. Review Quotes: "This anthology covers an immense variety of different poets, spanning twenty-three centuries. In Watson's skilled hands, they all become accessible, intelligible, and highly readable.... A great achievement." -- "Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies"Review Quotes: "This gathering of translations in the surest, clearest, most comprehensive presentation of Chinese poetry yet. Burton Watson's lifelong dedication to Chinese literature becomes a gift to us all." -- Gary SnyderReview Quotes: "This anthology covers an immense variety of different poets, spanning twenty-three centuries. In Watson's skilled hands, they all become accessible, intelligible, and highly readable.... A great achievement." -- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Review Quotes:"This gathering of translations in the surest, clearest, most comprehensive presentation of Chinese poetry yet. Burton Watson's lifelong dedication to Chinese literature becomes a gift to us all." -- Gary SnyderReview Quotes:"This anthology covers an immense variety of different poets, spanning twenty-three centuries. In Watson's skilled hands, they all become accessible, intelligible, and highly readable.... A great achievement." -- "Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies"Review Quotes: This gathering of translations in the surest, clearest, most comprehensive presentation of Chinese poetry yet. Burton Watson's lifelong dedication to Chinese literature becomes a gift to us all.--Gary SnyderBiographical Note: Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include "The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, " and "Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings" all published by Columbia. Table of Contents: Introduction1. The "Book of Odes"2. The "Ch'u Tz'u"3. Early Songs, Poems in Rhyme-Prose Form, and "Y?eh-fu" Ballads4. Poems of the Han and Wei5. T'ao Y?an-ming6. Chin, Six Dynasties, and Sui Poets7. Major T'ang Poets I: Wang Wei, Li Po, Tu Fu8. Major T'ang Poets II: Han Y?, Po Ch?-i, Han-shan9. Other T'ang Poets10. Two Major Sung Poets: Su Tung-p'o, Lu Yu11. Other Sung Poets12. Lyrics in "Tz'u" FormPublisher Marketing:"The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry" presents translations of more than 420 poems by 96 poets drawn from the great ages of Chinese poetry. It begins with selections from the "Book of Odes," the oldest anthology of Chinese poetry compiled around the seventh century B. C., and covers the succeeding generations down to the end of the Sung dynasty in A. D. 1279. Important poets such as Tao Y?an-ming, LiPo, Tu Fu, Su Tung-po, and Lu Yu are treated in separate sections with generous samplings from their works, while lesser poets are represented in chapters devoted to the particular era in which they lived. A general introduction discusses the major characteristics and forms of traditional Chinese poetry, while introductory essays to the individual chapters outline the history of poetic development in China over the centuries. Review Citations:

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1993 pg. 711 (EAN 9780231056830, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 679 (EAN 9780231056830, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2004 pg. 688 (EAN 9780231056830, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 874 (EAN 9780231056830, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1054 (EAN 9780231056830, Paperback)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1993 pg. 711 (EAN 9780231056823, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 679 (EAN 9780231056823, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2004 pg. 688 (EAN 9780231056823, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 874 (EAN 9780231056823, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1054 (EAN 9780231056823, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Watson, Burton Burton Watson has taught Chinese and Japanese literature at Columbia, Stanford, and Kyoto Universities. He is the winner of the PEN Translation Prize and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Prize in literature.