Loading…

Reading du Fu Nine Views.

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tian, Xiaofei
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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