Chinese Rhyme Prose
Title | Chinese Rhyme Prose PDF eBook |
Author | Burton Watson |
Publisher | The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9629965631 |
The fu, or rhymeprose, is a major poetic form in Chinese literature, most popular between the 2nd century b.c. and 6th century a.d. Unlike what is usually considered Chinese poetry, it is a hybrid of prose and rhymed verse, more expansive than the condensed lyrics, verging on what might be called Whitmanesque. The thirteen long poems included here are descriptions of and meditations on such subjects as mountains and abandoned cities, the sea and the wind, owls and goddesses, partings and the idle life.
Chinese Rhyme-prose
Title | Chinese Rhyme-prose PDF eBook |
Author | Burton Watson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Chinese poetry |
ISBN | 9780231035545 |
The Shi King, the Old "Poetry Classic" of the Chinese
Title | The Shi King, the Old "Poetry Classic" of the Chinese PDF eBook |
Author | William Jennings |
Publisher | |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 1891 |
Genre | Chinese poetry |
ISBN |
How to Read Chinese Poetry
Title | How to Read Chinese Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Zong-qi Cai |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0231139411 |
In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive introduction and extensive thematic table of contents highlight the thematic, formal, and prosodic features of Chinese poetry, and each chapter is written by a scholar who specializes in a particular period or genre. Poems are presented in Chinese and English and are accompanied by a tone-marked romanized version, an explanation of Chinese linguistic and poetic conventions, and recommended reading strategies. Sound recordings of the poems are available online free of charge. These unique features facilitate an intense engagement with Chinese poetical texts and help the reader derive aesthetic pleasure and insight from these works as one could from the original. The companion volume How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook presents 100 famous poems (56 are new selections) in Chinese, English, and romanization, accompanied by prose translation, textual notes, commentaries, and recordings. Contributors: Robert Ashmore (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Zong-qi Cai; Charles Egan (San Francisco State); Ronald Egan (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara); Grace Fong (McGill); David R. Knechtges (Univ. of Washington); Xinda Lian (Denison); Shuen-fu Lin (Univ. of Michigan); William H. Nienhauser Jr. (Univ. of Wisconsin); Maija Bell Samei; Jui-lung Su (National Univ. of Singapore); Wendy Swartz (Columbia); Xiaofei Tian (Harvard); Paula Varsano (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Fusheng Wu (Univ. of Utah)
Chinese Theories of Fiction
Title | Chinese Theories of Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Ming Dong Gu |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2007-06-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0791481484 |
In this innovative work, Ming Dong Gu examines Chinese literature and traditional Chinese criticism to construct a distinctly Chinese theory of fiction and places it within the context of international fiction theory. He argues that because Chinese fiction, or xiaoshuo, was produced in a tradition very different from that of the West, it has formed a system of fiction theory that cannot be adequately accounted for by Western fiction theory grounded in mimesis and realism. Through an inquiry into the macrocosm of Chinese fiction, the art of formative works, and theoretical data in fiction commentaries and intellectual thought, Gu explores the conceptual and historical conditions of Chinese fiction in relation to European and world fiction. In the process, Gu critiques and challenges some accepted views of Chinese fiction and provides a theoretical basis for fresh approaches to fiction study in general and Chinese fiction in particular. Such masterpieces as the Jin Ping Mei (The Plum in the Golden Vase) and the Hongloumeng (The Story of the Stone) are discussed at length to advance his notion of fiction and fiction theory.
Rhythms and Rhymes in Chinese Climes
Title | Rhythms and Rhymes in Chinese Climes PDF eBook |
Author | James Dyer Ball |
Publisher | |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Chinese poetry |
ISBN |
The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry
Title | The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Tony Barnstone |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2010-03-03 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0307481476 |
Unmatched in scope and literary quality, this landmark anthology spans three thousand years, bringing together more than six hundred poems by more than one hundred thirty poets, in translations–many new and exclusive to the book–by an array of distinguished translators. Here is the grand sweep of Chinese poetry, from the Book of Songs–ancient folk songs said to have been collected by Confucius himself–and Laozi’s Dao De Jing to the vividly pictorial verse of Wang Wei, the romanticism of Li Po, the technical brilliance of Tu Fu, and all the way up to the twentieth-century poetry of Mao Zedong and the post—Cultural Revolution verse of the Misty poets. Encompassing the spiritual, philosophical, political, mystical, and erotic strains that have emerged over millennia, this broadly representative selection also includes a preface on the art of translation, a general introduction to Chinese poetic form, biographical headnotes for each of the poets, and concise essays on the dynasties that structure the book. The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry captures with impressive range and depth the essence of China’s illustrious poetic tradition.