| Description |
1 online resource (199 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I: Home, Locale, Empire -- 1. Foundings of Home -- 2. Thinking through Poetry -- 3. History Channels -- 4. Ironic Empires -- Section II: Poetry and Buddhism -- 5. Refuges and Refugees -- 6. Feeding the Phoenix -- Section III: Reception and Re-creation -- 7. Sources of Difficulty -- 8. Ming-Qing Paintings Inscribed with Du Fu's Poetic Lines -- 9. Six Modernist Poets in Search of Du Fu -- Works Cited -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
This is the first collection of essays in English, contributed by well-known experts of Chinese literature as well as scholars of a younger generation, dedicated to the poetry of Du Fu, commonly regarded as the greatest Chinese poet. These essays are engaged in historically nuanced close reading of Du Fu's poems, both canonical and less known, from new angles and in various contexts, and discuss a series of critical issues, including the local and the imperial; the body politic and the individual body; poetry and geography; perspectives on the complicated relation of religion and literature; m |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Du, Fu, 712-770 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Du, Fu, 712-770 fast |
| Subject |
Poets, Chinese -- Tang dynasty, 618-907.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese
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Poets, Chinese
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Tang Dynasty (China)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789882209916 |
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9882209912 |
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