In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major
genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The
volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than
140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive
introduction and extensive thematic table of contents highlight the
thematic, formal, and prosodic features of Chinese poetry, and each
chapter is written by a scholar who specializes in a particular period
or genre. Poems are presented in Chinese and English and are accompanied
by a tone-marked romanized version, an explanation of Chinese linguistic
and poetic conventions, and recommended reading strategies. Sound
recordings of the poems are available online free of charge. These
unique features facilitate an intense engagement with Chinese poetical
texts and help the reader derive aesthetic pleasure and insight from
these works as one could from the original.
The companion volume How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook presents 100
famous poems (56 are new selections) in Chinese, English, and
romanization, accompanied by prose translation, textual notes,
commentaries, and recordings.
Contributors: Robert Ashmore (Univ. of California, Berkeley); Zong-qi
Cai; Charles Egan (San Francisco State); Ronald Egan (Univ. of
California, Santa Barbara); Grace Fong (McGill); David R. Knechtges
(Univ. of Washington); Xinda Lian (Denison); Shuen-fu Lin (Univ. of
Michigan); William H. Nienhauser Jr. (Univ. of Wisconsin); Maija Bell
Samei; Jui-lung Su (National Univ. of Singapore); Wendy Swartz
(Columbia); Xiaofei Tian (Harvard); Paula Varsano (Univ. of California,
Berkeley); Fusheng Wu (Univ. of Utah)
