Three Tang Dynasty Poets (Little Black Classics #09)
by:
Tu Fu (author)
Wei Wang (author)
Li Po (author)
'Can I bear to leave these blue hills?' A generous selection from three of the greatest and most enjoyable of Chinese poets Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from...
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'Can I bear to leave these blue hills?' A generous selection from three of the greatest and most enjoyable of Chinese poets Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride ove
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780141398204 (0141398205)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
This is exactly why I thought the Penguin Little Black classics would be great. This edition contains three poets from the Tang Dynasty and I will be the first to admit that it wasn't something that I would have usually picked. But I'm very glad that I read it now, because I was most pleasantly surp...
I particularly enjoy the additional material at the end. It's actually quite a good collection covering war, politics, nature, and dance
Pastoral poetry from three Tang dynasty poets; Wang Wei, Li Po and Tu Fu, in eighth century China.The full beauty of the poems is obviously lost in translation, but they are evocative of eighth century China with their wonderful descriptions of nature and common people feeling the desire to remain e...