Elegies of Chu
Nicholas Morrow Williams
27 February 2022
ISBN: 9780198818311
336 pages
Paperback
196x129mm
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Price: £12.99This anthology, Elegies of Chu, will provide readers with an understanding of Chinese literature, examining its evolution from free-spirited, mythico-religious songs to the more formal, polished style of the Han court.
Description
This anthology, Elegies of Chu, will provide readers with an understanding of Chinese literature, examining its evolution from free-spirited, mythico-religious songs to the more formal, polished style of the Han court.
- Elegies of Chu (in Chinese, Chuci), is one of the two surviving collections of ancient Chinese poetry, and a key source for the whole tradition of Chinese poetry
- The translation is based on the original anthology compiled in the Han dynasty by Wang Yi (fl. 2nd century CE), and containing poems compiled roughly between the 3rd century BCE through the Han dynasty
- Employs literary English devices in order to emphasise the original structure of these Chinese poems
- Examines the vivid diction of the source text through close analysis of the onomatopoeia, ornate descriptions, exotic flowers, dramatic landscapes, metaphors and startling similes found in the selected elegies
About the Author(s)
Nicholas Morrow Williams, Assistant professor in the School of Chinese of the University of Hong Kong and editor of Tang Studies.
Nicholas Morrow Williams is Associate Professor in the School of Chinese of the University of Hong Kong and editor of Tang Studies. He studies and translates classical Chinese poetry both for its own sake and in the contexts of comparative literature, Buddhist studies, Sino-Japanese cultural interactions, translation studies, intellectual history, and other fields. His research increasingly concerns the role of Buddhism in the development of Chinese literature and culture.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
A Note on the Translation
Select Bibliography
Timeline
1:Sublimating Sorrow (Li sao)
2:Nine Phases
3:Nine Songs
4:Heavenly Questions
5:Nine Avowals
6:Far Roaming
7:Divination
8:Fisherman
9:Summons to the Recluse
10:Summons to the Soul
11:Nine Longings
12:Seven Remonstrances
13:Nine Threnodies
14:Lamenting Time's Fate
15:Rueful Oath
16:Greater Summons
17:Nine Yearnings
Explanatory Notes
Index
Reviews
"The harmony of erudition and elegance of Williams' renditions will allow his translation to become the standard English version of the Chuci text for years to come." - William H. Nienhauser, Jr., Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews
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