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Author Ji, Hao, author

Title The reception of Du Fu (712-770) and his poetry in imperial China / by Ji Hao
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 266 pages)
Series Sinica Leidensia ; 136
Sinica Leidensia ; 136.
Contents Birth of the poetic Du Fu -- Experiencing Du Fu: the mode of life reading in the song -- Significance of the form -- Back to the poet -- How to do things with poetry: Du Fu and the mode of life reading during the Ming-Qing transition -- Official intervention in the reception of Du Fu during the Qing
Summary In Reading China's Greatest Poet, Ji Hao offers a general picture of the reception of Du Fu from the Song to the Qing and explores major shifts in interpretive approaches to Du Fu's poetry and their poetic and cultural implications
For centuries, Chinese critics have acclaimed Du Fu (712?770) as?China?s greatest poet.? He has exerted tremendous influence both as a model poet and as a cultural icon. In 'The Reception of Du Fu (712-770) and His Poetry in Imperial China', Ji Hao provides modern readers with a general picture of the reception of Du Fu and his work from the Song to the Qing. He also explores major shifts in interpretive approaches to Du Fu?s poetry and their poetic and cultural implications. 0Through the case of reading Du Fu, the book also offers an in-depth examination of subtleties of the mode of life reading and the concept of transparency. This exploration seeks to provide a new orientation to the significance of the overarching principles of reading poetry in traditional China
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Du, Fu, 712-770 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Du, Fu, 712-770. fast (OCoLC)fst00004073
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017019731
ISBN 9789004342866
9004342869