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Reconsidering Tu Fu: Literary Greatness and Cultural Context

Reconsidering Tu Fu: Literary Greatness and Cultural Context

Chou, Eva Shan
Chou, E. Shan
Eva Shan, Chou

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institu

Literary CriticismPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 0521440394
ISBN13: 9780521440394
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 24 1995
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.98 Width: 6.26 Depth: 9.23
Language: English
Tu Fu is considered the greatest poet of the Chinese tradition. In the epochal An Lu-shan rebellion, he alone of his contemporaries consistently recorded in poetry the great events and pervasive sufferings of the time. For a millennium now, Tu Fu's poetry has been accepted as epitomizing the Chinese moral conscience at its highest, and as such, his work has been placed almost beyond the reach of criticism. In Reconsidering Tu Fu, Eva Shan Chou defuses these formidable problems by examining Tu Fu both as a cultural monument and a poet. She investigates the evolution of his stature as an icon and shows its continuing effect upon interpretations of Tu Fu's work. Dr. Chou provides translations of many poems, both well known and obscure. Her analyses are both original in their formulation and considerate of the many fine readings of traditional commentators. James R. Hightower's foreword introduces the book.

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