
Mountain Home
The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China
Li Po(Author)
Anvil Press Poetry
Published on 30. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-85646-395-2 (ISBN)
Description
China's tradition of rivers-and-mountains poetry is the earliest and most extensive literary engagement with the idea of wilderness. David Hinton traces the tradition in his concise introductions to the nineteen poets featured here, who included virtually all of ancient China's greatest poets, from the 5th century AD to the Sung Dynasty (13th century AD). His selection treats a remarkable range of topics: comic domestic scenes, social protest, travelogue, reclusive sages, and mountain landscapes shaped into forms of enlightenment. Throughout, these poems articulate the experience of living as an organic part of the natural world and its processes; they feel truly contemporary.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carcanet Press Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
507 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85646-395-2 (9780856463952)
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David Hinton's many translations of ancient Chinese poetry have earned wide acclaim for creating compelling English poetry that conveys the texture and density of the originals. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and in 1997 he received the Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets.