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Record Nr.

UNISA996433043503316

Autore

Kroll Paul W. <1948->

Titolo

The Poetry of Meng Haoran / / Paul W. Kroll; ed. by Stephen Owen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-11-073469-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXX, 503 p.)

Collana

Library of Chinese Humanities

Soggetti

Chinese poetry - Tang dynasty, 618-907

LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Book 1. Pentametric Old-Style Verse -- Book 2 Heptametric Old-Style Verse -- Book 3 Pentametric Regulated Verse -- Book 4 Pentametric Regulated Verse -- Book 5 Uncollected Poems -- Selected Bibliography -- List of Abbreviations -- Additional Notes

Sommario/riassunto

Meng Haoran (689-740) was one of the most important poets of the "High Tang" period, the greatest age of Chinese poetry. In his own time he was famous for his poetry as well as for his distinctive personality. This is the first complete translation into any language of all his extant poetry. Includes original Chinese texts and English translation on facing pages.