Po Chü-I: Selected Poems by Watson, Burton

Po Chü-I: Selected Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231118392)

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Po Chü-I: Selected Poems by Watson, Burton

Po Chü-I: Selected Poems

$28.00
Po Chü-I: Selected Poems by Watson, Burton

Po Chü-I: Selected Poems

$28.00
Format: Paperback
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For Po Chü-i, writing poetry was a way to expose the ills of society and an autobiographical medium to record daily activities, as well as a source of deep personal delight and satisfaction-constituting, along with wine and song, one of the chief joys of existence. Whether exposing the gluttony of arrogant palace attendants during a famine; describing the delights of drunkenly chanting new poems under the autumn moon; depicting the peaceful equanimity that comes with old age; or marveling at cool Zen repose during a heat wave... these masterfully translated poems shine with a precisely crafted artlessness that conveys the subtle delights of Chinese poetry.

Author: Burton Watson
ISBN-10: 0231118392
ISBN-13: 9780231118392
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2000
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2000 pg. 123
By Burton Watson
By Burton Watson
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Burton Watson holds a Ph.D. in Chinese Literature from Columbia University and has taught Chinese and Japanese literature at Columbia, Stanford, and Kyoto universities. In 1981 he received the PEN Translation Prize. Having translated dozens of Chinese and Japanese classics, including Chuang Tzu, The Lotus Sutra, and Records of the Grand Historian. Watson is one of the most respected translators of Chinese and Japanese literature.

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