Chinese Poetic ClosureP. Lang, 1996 - 168 pages In this comparative study of Chinese poetic closure, Yang Ye focuses on a «scenic ending» that presents an image rather than a statement of thought, as exemplified in the poetry of High T'ang poets like Tu Fu. Chinese Poetic Closure places the development of poetic structure in the Chinese tradition since the ancient anthology, The Book of Songs, and explores the underlying poetics of incompleteness and suggestiveness. In the light of the explication of Western texts (Du Bellay, Hölderlin, and Shelley) and an examination of early reception of Chinese poetry in the West, Ye reflects on fundamental differences between Chinese and Western poetry and poetics. |
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... Du Fu's Laments from the South ( Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1992 ) , pp . 17-18 . 20. For the rich connotations of the four symbolic plants in Chinese culture - the plum , the orchid , the bamboo , and the chrysanthemum ...
... Du Fu's Laments from the South ( Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1992 ) , pp . 17-18 . 20. For the rich connotations of the four symbolic plants in Chinese culture - the plum , the orchid , the bamboo , and the chrysanthemum ...
Contents
Scenic Closure in Tu Fus Poetry | 19 |
Ending in the Beginning | 37 |
A Diachronic Survey | 65 |
Copyright | |
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anthology beautiful become beginning called century Ch'i Ch'ien ch'u-pan-she Chang chih Chin Chinese poetry ching chüan Chung-hua shu-chü cited classical close concept considered contrast convention couplet critical discussion dynasty early Edition emotions English entire examination example expression feelings frequently Fu's further give High History hsing human idea important included kind last line later leaves literary literature look lyric meaning mind mountains names nature noted objects observed opening original pattern Peking period poem poet poetic closure position present probably question reader reading reference relation remarked river scene scenic closure seems sense Shanghai Shen shih Shih-ching song stand stanza statement structure suggested Sung T'ang term things thought tradition translation Tu Fu turns University Press Vols Wang Western York