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Li Po and Tu Fu

Li Po and Tu Fu

Li Po
Tu Fu
Cooper, Arthur

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics

Poetry AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0140442723
ISBN13: 9780140442724
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Jul 30 1973
Pages: 249
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.18 Depth: 7.78
Language: English
The poems of two of China's most influential classical poets: Tu Fu, called China's Shakespeare (BBC), and Li Po, the subject of Ha Jin's The Banished Immortal and China's most beloved poet (The New Yorker)

A Penguin Classic

Li Po (AD 701-62) and Tu Fu (AD 712-70) were devoted friends who are traditionally considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, a legendary carouser, was an itinerant poet whose writing, often dream poems or spirit-journeys, soars to sublime heights in its descriptions of natural scenes and powerful emotions. His sheer escapism and joy is balanced by Tu Fu, who expresses the Confucian virtues of humanity and humility in more autobiographical works that are imbued with great compassion and earthy reality, and shot through with humour. Together these two poets of the T'ang dynasty complement each other so well that they often came to be spoken of as one - 'Li-Tu' - who covers the whole spectrum of human life, experience and feeling.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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