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Chinese Poems
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Author: Arthur Waley
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Chinese Poems Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 895.11008
EAN: 9780486411026
ISBN: 0486411028
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 214
Publication Date: 2000-03-06
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
Dewey Decimal Number: 895.11008
EAN: 9780486411026
ISBN: 0486411028
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 214
Publication Date: 2000-03-06
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
Editorial Review of Chinese Poems
Scores of great poems in incomparable translations by noted British sinologist: "16 Songs of Courtship," "Hymn for the Fallen," "Fighting South of the Ramparts," "Ballad of Mulan," more, plus many poems by the great Po Chü-I, including "After Passing the Examination," and "Last Poem." Splendid introduction to Chinese poetry.
Customer Reviews of Chinese Poems
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Review Summary: A lot of humanity in these poems
Review: The thing that impressed me most about these poems (that range in time from before the Han Dynasty up to China in the Middle Ages) is the humanity of the writers that is expressed so simply, sucinctly and eloquently. There are several poems by women which add a greater range of perspective to this collection.
Valuable insights about that which is grave and constant in the human experience. Emotions of lost love, unrequitted love and mourning are dealt with among other emotions.
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Review Summary: A Remarkable Book of Ancient Poetry
Review: I devoured this book on a long-distance plane trip recently, and was amazed at the relevance of this collection of ancient, Chinese poems to modern life. Covering the time mostly between 900 B.C. and 1200 A.D., the themes these ancient poets deal with are the same most of us contemplate driving to work in the morning (if we turn off the radio), or lie with as we drift to sleep at night.
Review Summary: A lot of humanity in these poems
Review: The thing that impressed me most about these poems (that range in time from before the Han Dynasty up to China in the Middle Ages) is the humanity of the writers that is expressed so simply, sucinctly and eloquently. There are several poems by women which add a greater range of perspective to this collection.
Valuable insights about that which is grave and constant in the human experience. Emotions of lost love, unrequitted love and mourning are dealt with among other emotions.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A Remarkable Book of Ancient Poetry
Review: I devoured this book on a long-distance plane trip recently, and was amazed at the relevance of this collection of ancient, Chinese poems to modern life. Covering the time mostly between 900 B.C. and 1200 A.D., the themes these ancient poets deal with are the same most of us contemplate driving to work in the morning (if we turn off the radio), or lie with as we drift to sleep at night.
I found the poetry a little slow at first, but it gets more and more interesting the further one reads. I recommend it for the middle aged or older reader, or for anyone else who has time and inclination to seek the examined life. Food, romance, long-distance marriages and friendships, gender discrimination, the joys and frustrations of military service, the joys and frustrations of bureaucracy, fidelity, infidelity, births, and deaths, humor, sorrow -- it's all there, and speaks to us through the millenia.
A great collection at a bargain price!