How to read Chinese poetry: a guided anthology (Google eBook)

Zongqi Cai

Columbia University Press, 2008 - Literary Criticism - 426 pages

In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qupoems. A comprehensive introduction and extensive thematic table of contents highlight the thematic, formal, and prosodic features of Chinese poetry, and each chapter is written by a scholar who specializes in a particular period or genre. Poems are presented in Chinese and English and are accompanied by a tone-marked romanized version, an explanation of Chinese linguistic and poetic conventions, and recommended reading strategies. Sound recordings of the poems are available online free of charge. These unique features facilitate an intense engagement with Chinese poetical texts and help the reader derive aesthetic pleasure and insight from these works as one could from the original. Contributors: Robert Ashmore (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Zong-qi Cai; Charles Egan (San Francisco State); Ronald Egan (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara); Grace Fong (McGill); David R. Knechtges (Univ. of Washington); Xinda Lian (Denison); Shuen-fu Lin (Univ. of Michigan); William H. Nienhauser Jr. (Univ. of Wisconsin); Maija Bell Samei; Jui-lung Su (National Univ. of Singapore); Wendy Swartz (Columbia); Xiaofei Tian (Harvard); Paula Varsano (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Fusheng Wu (Univ. of Utah)

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If you've been reading lots of Classical Chinese Poetry in translation (as I have) this book is totally fascinating, and gives you a comprehensive technical understanding of forms and genres. If you ...

Contents

• II: 13
• III: 15
• IV: 16
• V: 17
• VI: 18
• VII: 20
• VIII: 22
• IX: 23
• X: 25
• XI: 26
• XII: 27
• XIII: 29
• XIV: 30
• XVI: 36
• XVII: 38
• XVIII: 40
• XIX: 41
• XX: 59
• XXI: 61
• XXII: 84
• XXIII: 85
• XXIV: 86
• XXV: 88
• XXVI: 90
• XXVII: 91
• XXVIII: 93
• XXIX: 95
• XXX: 97
• XXXI: 103
• XXXII: 105
• XXXIII: 106
• XXXIV: 107
• XXXV: 110
• XXXVI: 111
• XXXVII: 115
• XXXVIII: 121
• XXXIX: 122
• XL: 125
• XLI: 126
• XLII: 128
• XLIII: 130
• XLIV: 133
• XLV: 135
• XLVI: 141
• XLVII: 142
• XLVIII: 143
• XLIX: 144
• L: 145
• LI: 146
• LII: 148
• LIII: 149
• LIV: 150
• LV: 151
• LVI: 152
• LVII: 154
• LVIII: 161
• LIX: 162
• LX: 174
• LXI: 176
• LXII: 177
• LXIII: 181
• LXIV: 182
• LXV: 184
• LXVI: 186
• LXVII: 188
• LXVIII: 189
• LXX: 191
• LXXI: 193
• LXXII: 195
• LXXIII: 199
• LXXIV: 202
• LXXV: 204
• LXXVI: 205
• LXXVII: 206
• LXXVIII: 207
• LXXIX: 209
• LXXX: 210
• LXXXI: 211
• LXXXII: 212
• LXXXIII: 213
• LXXXIV: 214
• LXXXV: 216
• LXXXVI: 217
• LXXXVII: 218
• LXXXVIII: 219
• LXXXIX: 226
• XC: 227
• XCI: 230
• XCII: 232
• XCIII: 238
• XCIV: 245
• XCV: 246
• XCVI: 249
• XCVII: 250
• XCVIII: 251
• XCIX: 253
• C: 254
• CI: 255
• CII: 257
• CIII: 258
• CIV: 262
• CV: 264
• CVI: 268
• CVII: 270
• CVIII: 273
• CIX: 276
• CX: 280
• CXI: 286
• CXIII: 287
• CXIV: 288
• CXV: 296
• CXVI: 308
• CXVII: 309
• CXVIII: 311
• CXIX: 313
• CXX: 315
• CXXI: 317
• CXXII: 320
• CXXIII: 322
• CXXIV: 323
• CXXV: 324
• CXXVI: 329
• CXXVII: 330
• CXXVIII: 332
• CXXIX: 334
• CXXX: 335
• CXXXI: 338
• CXXXII: 340
• CXXXIII: 342
• CXXXIV: 344
• CXXXV: 345
• CXXXVI: 347
• CXXXVII: 354
• CXXXVIII: 355
• CXXXIX: 357
• CXL: 359
• CXLI: 360
• CXLII: 362
• CXLIII: 364
• CXLIV: 369
• CXLVI: 370
• CXLVII: 371
• CXLVIII: 372
• CXLIX: 373
• CL: 374
• CLI: 375
• CLII: 379
• CLIII: 388
• CLIV: 391
• CLV: 394
• CLVI: 395
• CLVII: 396
• CLVIII: 401
• CLIX: 403
• CLX: 405
• CLXI: 407
• CLXII: 411

About the author

Zong-qi Cai is professor of Chinese and comparative literature at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Bibliographic information

• Title: How to read Chinese poetry: a guided anthology
• Editor: Zongqi Cai
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0231511884, 9780231511889
• Length: 426 pages
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / Asian / Chinese