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Beyond Spring: Tz´u Poems of the Sung Dynasty
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Description for Beyond Spring: Tz´u Poems of the Sung Dynasty
Paperback. The first anthology of Sung dynasty tz'u poems available in English, Beyond Spring provides a representative body of translations, 150 in all. Keeping true to the original music, Landau's faithful translations capture the phrasing and rhythms crucial to Tz'u. Translator(s): Landau, Julie. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 274 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
This anthology of poetry from the Sung Dynasty, translated into English, represents the golden age of the Tz'u period in the 10th-12th centuries AD. These translations of an important lyric form in Chinese literature strive to capture the phrasing and rhythms crucial to Tz'u. Organized by individual poets, the collection includes an introduction to symbols and allusions which enables the reader to discover references in specific poems. The text also contains biographies of the Chinese poets, a glossary of terms, and an historical chart of Chinese poetic genres.
This anthology of poetry from the Sung Dynasty, translated into English, represents the golden age of the Tz'u period in the 10th-12th centuries AD. These translations of an important lyric form in Chinese literature strive to capture the phrasing and rhythms crucial to Tz'u. Organized by individual poets, the collection includes an introduction to symbols and allusions which enables the reader to discover references in specific poems. The text also contains biographies of the Chinese poets, a glossary of terms, and an historical chart of Chinese poetic genres.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231096799
SKU
V9780231096799
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About Paperback
Julie Landau is a writer whose translations have appeared in many journals and anthologies.
Reviews for Beyond Spring: Tz´u Poems of the Sung Dynasty
This is a beautiful and useful book of translations by Julie Landau of 150 Chinese lyric poems (tz'u) from the Sung dynasty (960-1279). Harvard Review As many readers will surely be, I am very grateful for Beyond Spring, which gives me an ancient poetry of which I had known nothing. Julie Landau's translations are exquisite, conveying these old poems with ... Read more