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- ISBN
- 9780231166065
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231166060
ISBN-13
9780231166065
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234668393
Product Key Features
Original Language
Chinese
Book Title
Songs of Chu : an Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poetry by Qu Yuan and Others
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asian / Chinese, Ancient & Classical, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Poetry, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
Book Series
Translations from the Asian Classics Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-045048
Reviews
Offers both faithful, accessible renderings of notoriously challenging verse as well as an exacting revision of previous scholarly reception...Those engaged in the study and instruction of Chinese literature, and early poetry in particular, will find in The Songs of Chu an invaluable resource for many years to come., Transformative, smooth, and beautiful: one reads this book not only as a critical update of scholarship but also for the pure joy of the prose., The Songs of Chu contain some of the most beautiful language in early Chinese literature. They are also an invaluable source for research on ancient myths, legends, and cosmology. Sukhu's elegant English translation belies years of meticulous scholarship to give the modern reader some sense of the extraordinarily difficult original. A magnificent achievement!, Gopal Sukhu's agile, sensitive new translations of these beautiful and haunting poems and the lucid introductions that accompany them will delight readers of every stripe, while the book's scholarly apparatus, distilling a lifetime's engagement with the notoriously difficult text, will satisfy the most exacting of specialists. The publication of this long-awaited work marks a great event in the field of Chinese literature.
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Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Nine Songs ( Jiuge ) 2. "Leaving My Troubles" ("Li sao") 3. "Ask the Sky" ("Tian wen") 4. Nine Cantos ( Jiuzhang ) 5. "Wandering Far Away" ("Yuan you") 6. "The Diviner" ("Bu ju") and "The Fisherman" ("Yufu") 7. Nine Variations ( Jiubian ) 8. "Summoning the Soul" ("Zhao hun") 9. "The Great Summoning" ("Da zhao") 10. "Regretting the Vows" ("Xi shi") 11. "Mourning Qu Yuan" ("Diao Qu Yuan") and "The Owl Rhapsody" ("Fu fu") 12. "I Lament It Was Not My Destiny" ("Ai shiming") 13. "Calling the Hermit Back" ("Zhao yinshi") Appendix: Dating the Works in the Chuci Selected Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Sources show Qu Yuan (?340-278 BCE) was the first person in China to become famous for his poetry, so famous in fact that the Chinese celebrate his life with a national holiday called Poet's Day, or the Dragon Boat Festival. His work, which forms the core of the The Songs of Chu , the second oldest anthology of Chinese poetry, derives its imagery from shamanistic ritual. Its shaman hymns are among the most beautiful and mysterious liturgical works in the world. The religious milieu responsible for their imagery supplies the backdrop for his most famous work, Li sao , which translates shamanic longing for a spirit lover into the yearning for an ideal king that is central to the ancient philosophies of China. Qu Yuan was as important to the development of Chinese literature as Homer was to the development of Western literature. This translation attempts to replicate what the work might have meant to those for whom it was originally intended, rather than settle for what it was made to mean by those who inherited it. It accounts for the new view of the state of Chu that recent discoveries have inspired., Qu Yuan was as important to the development of Chinese literature as Homer was to the development of Western literature. This translation attempts to replicate what the work might have meant to those for whom it was originally intended. It accounts for the new view of the state of Chu that recent discoveries have inspired.
LC Classification Number
PL2661.C4613 2017
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