Fifty Songs from the Yuean
Fifty Songs from the Yuean: Poetry of 13th Century China
1st Edition
Published on 18. May 2022
152 pages
978-1-000-58302-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book, first published in 1967, gives us a rich sampling of ch'ue, the characteristic poem of the time of Yuean, when China was under Mongol rule. The ch'ue was a popular form of poetry in the sense that although it was written by literati, they wrote in the vernacular rather than in Classical Chinese. Each poem was written to be sung to an already popular tune. In addition to the 'final translations', the steps by which the translators proceeded from a literal, character-by-character translation through several intermediate stages to the final version are revealed in detail.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-000-58302-1 (9781000583021)
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Charles R. Metzger | Richard F.S. Yang
Fifty Songs from the Yuean
Fifty Songs from the Yuean: Poetry of 13th Century China
Book
10/2023
1st Edition
Routledge
€50.50
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Charles R. Metzger | Richard F.S. Yang
Fifty Songs from the Yuean
Fifty Songs from the Yuean: Poetry of 13th Century China
Book
05/2022
1st Edition
Routledge
€139.90
Shipment within 10-20 days
Persons
Richard F.S. Yang and Charles R. Metzger
Content
1. Introduction 2. Fifty Songs from the Yuean (the English Translation and the Original Chinese Text) 3. Appendices to the Fifty Poems 4. Remarks on the Transliterated and Word-by-Word Texts 5. Biographical Sketches of the Poets
