The Songs of the South: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets - Brossura

Yuan, Qu; Various

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ISBN 10: 0140443754 ISBN 13: 9780140443752

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2012

Riassunto

The Songs of the South is an anthology first compiled in the second century A.D. Its poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under seventeen titles and contain all that we know of Chinese poetry's ancient beginnings. The earliest poems were composed in the fourth century B.C. and almost half of them are traditionally ascribed to Qu Yuan.

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Recensione:

"The Songs of the South is cause for celebration. There is simply no substitute. The text is fundamental to the Chinese tradition, and Hawkes’s introduction itself is a work of wonder. It should be kept in print in perpetuity." — Philip Kafalas, Associate Professor of Chinese, Georgetown University

L'autore:

Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC-278 BC) was a scholar and a government minister. He is regarded as the first Chinese poet to have his name attributed to his work and his death is commemorated with the famous Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival.

David Hawkes (1923-2009) was a professor of Chinese at Oxford from 1959 to 1971. From 1973 to 1983, he was a research fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and subsequently became an emeritus fellow.

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0140443754
• ISBN 13: 9780140443752
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Redattore: Hawkes David