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The Selected Poems of Du Fu

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Du Fu has been called China's greatest poet, and some call him the greatest nonepic, nondramatic poet whose writings survive in any language. Du Fu excelled in a great variety of poetic forms, showing a richness of language ranging from elegant to colloquial, from allusive to direct. His impressive breadth of subject matter includes intimate personal detail as well as a great deal of historical information - which earned him the epithet poet-historian. Some 1,400 of Du Fu's poems survive today, his fame resting on about one hundred that have been widely admired over the centuries. Preeminent translator Burton Watson has selected 127 poems, including those for which Du Fu is best remembered and lesser-known works.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Release: February 24, 2003

ISBN: 0231128282

ISBN 13: 9780231128285

The Selected Poems of Du Fu

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Du Fu has been called China's greatest poet, and some call him the greatest nonepic, nondramatic poet whose writings survive in any language. Du Fu excelled in a great variety of poetic forms, showing a richness of language ranging from elegant to colloquial, from allusive to direct. His impressive breadth of subject matter includes intimate personal detail as well as a great deal of historical information - which earned him the epithet poet-historian. Some 1,400 of Du Fu's poems survive today, his fame resting on about one hundred that have been widely admired over the centuries. Preeminent translator Burton Watson has selected 127 poems, including those for which Du Fu is best remembered and lesser-known works.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Release: February 24, 2003

ISBN: 0231128282

ISBN 13: 9780231128285

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