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The All-Seeing Eye: Collected Poems

The All-Seeing Eye: Collected Poems

Balcom, John
Shang, Qin

Paperback

Fiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1621966216
ISBN13: 9781621966210
Publisher: Cambria Pr
Published: Nov 19 2021
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

Shang Qin (1930-2010) is widely considered one of the most influential and original modern Chinese poets. His critical acclaim was earned not only as a modern master of the prose poem but also as one of Taiwan's leading surrealist poets.

Taiwan in the 1950s saw the beginnings of a broad, eclectic search for new poetic models and varieties of modernism. This gained momentum and progressed through the 1960s, growing into a modernist movement. During this boom period for poetry, some of the leading Chinese poets of the second half of the twentieth century and beyond emerged: Lo Fu, Ya Hsien, and Yang Mu, to name just a few. Shang Qin, also one of the giants of the movement, came to prominence during this period; his first collection of poetry Dream or Dawn, published in 1969, has been hailed as a landmark of Chinese surrealism. The poet Ya Hsien dedicated his poem For a Surrealist to Shang Qin, and the label stuck. Shang Qin always found the surrealist label too restrictive and once commented wryly: I am not a surrealist; I am a super-realist or an uber-super-realist. One of the hallmarks of his work was his preference for the prose poem, and his impact on the composition of modern Chinese prose poem is unquestionable. However, Shang Qin has noted: I use prose poetry to create; I do not create prose poetry. The focus is the poem; it has nothing to do with prose. Therefore, while critics and academics are inclined to categorize, Shang Qin has always resisted this, adamant about his creative independence.

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