Brocade River Poems - Couverture souple

Tao, Xue

 
9780691014340: Brocade River Poems
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691014345 ISBN 13 : 9780691014340
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Xue Tao (A.D. 768-831) was well known as a poet in an age when all men of learning were poets-and almost all women were illiterate. As an entertainer and official government hostess, she met, and impressed, many of the most talented and powerful figures of her day. As a maker of beautiful paper and a Taoist churchwoman, she maintained a life of independence and aesthetic sensibility. As a writer, she crrated a body of work that is by turns deeply moving, amusing, and thought-provoking. Drawing knowledgeably on a rich literary tradition, she created images that here live again for the contemporary reader of English. This bilingual edition contains about two-thirds of Xue Tao's extant poems. The translations are based on accurate readings of the originals and extensive research in both Chinese and Japanese materials. The notes at the end of the book explain allusions and place the poems in the context of medieval Chinese culture and its great literary heritage, while the opening essay introduces Xue Tao's work and describes her unusual life history.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Xue Tao (A.D. 768-831) was well known as a poet in an age when all men of learning were poets-and almost all women were illiterate. As an entertainer and official government hostess, she met, and impressed, many of the most talented and powerful figures of her day. As a maker of beautiful paper and a Taoist churchwoman, she maintained a life of independence and aesthetic sensibility. As a writer, she crrated a body of work that is by turns deeply moving, amusing, and thought-provoking. Drawing knowledgeably on a rich literary tradition, she created images that here live again for the contemporary reader of English. This bilingual edition contains about two-thirds of Xue Tao's extant poems. The translations are based on accurate readings of the originals and extensive research in both Chinese and Japanese materials. The notes at the end of the book explain allusions and place the poems in the context of medieval Chinese culture and its great literary heritage, while the opening essay introduces Xue Tao's work and describes her unusual life history.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691014345
ISBN 13 
9780691014340
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0691066868 ISBN 13 :  9780691066868
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1987
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