How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context

Poetic Culture from Antiquity Through the Tang

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, Far Eastern, Poetry
Cover of the book How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context by , Columbia University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780231546126
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: February 20, 2018
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780231546126
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: February 20, 2018
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty (618–907). It aims to break down barriers—between language and culture, poetry and history—that have stood in the way of teaching and learning Chinese poetry. Not only a primer in early Chinese poetry, the volume demonstrates the unique and central role of poetry in the making of Chinese culture.

Each chapter focuses on a specific theme to show the interplay between poetry and the world. Readers discover the key role that poetry played in Chinese diplomacy, court politics, empire building, and institutionalized learning; as well as how poems shed light on gender and women’s status, war and knight-errantry, Daoist and Buddhist traditions, and more. The chapters also show how people of different social classes used poetry as a means of gaining entry into officialdom, creating self-identity, fostering friendship, and airing grievances. The volume includes historical vignettes and anecdotes that contextualize individual poems, investigating how some featured texts subvert and challenge the grand narratives of Chinese history. Presenting poems in Chinese along with English translations and commentary, How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context unites teaching poetry with the social circumstances surrounding its creation, making it a pioneering and versatile text for the study of Chinese language, literature, history, and culture.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty (618–907). It aims to break down barriers—between language and culture, poetry and history—that have stood in the way of teaching and learning Chinese poetry. Not only a primer in early Chinese poetry, the volume demonstrates the unique and central role of poetry in the making of Chinese culture.

Each chapter focuses on a specific theme to show the interplay between poetry and the world. Readers discover the key role that poetry played in Chinese diplomacy, court politics, empire building, and institutionalized learning; as well as how poems shed light on gender and women’s status, war and knight-errantry, Daoist and Buddhist traditions, and more. The chapters also show how people of different social classes used poetry as a means of gaining entry into officialdom, creating self-identity, fostering friendship, and airing grievances. The volume includes historical vignettes and anecdotes that contextualize individual poems, investigating how some featured texts subvert and challenge the grand narratives of Chinese history. Presenting poems in Chinese along with English translations and commentary, How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context unites teaching poetry with the social circumstances surrounding its creation, making it a pioneering and versatile text for the study of Chinese language, literature, history, and culture.

More books from Columbia University Press

Cover of the book Edwin Arlington Robinson by
Cover of the book The Republic in Print by
Cover of the book Our Savage Art by
Cover of the book Malebranche by
Cover of the book Militarizing the Nation by
Cover of the book Orphan of Asia by
Cover of the book Our Broad Present by
Cover of the book Until the Fires Stopped Burning by
Cover of the book Gender, Globalization, and Postsocialism by
Cover of the book Animating the Unconscious by
Cover of the book Nature's Pharmacopeia by
Cover of the book China's Philological Turn by
Cover of the book Democracy and Islam in Indonesia by
Cover of the book Striking Beauty by
Cover of the book The Metamorphoses of Fat by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy