The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry by Tony Barnstone

The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry by Tony Barnstone

Unmatched in scope and literary quality, this landmark anthology spans three thousand years, bringing together more than six hundred poems by more than one hundred thirty poets, in translations-many new and exclusive to the book-by an array of distinguished translators.

Here is the grand sweep of Chinese poetry, from the Book of Songs-ancient folk songs said to have been collected by Confucius himself-and Laozi's Dao De Jing to the vividly pictorial verse of Wang Wei, the romanticism of Li Po, the technical brilliance of Tu Fu, and all the way up to the twentieth-century poetry of Mao Zedong and the post--Cultural Revolution verse of the Misty poets. Encompassing the spiritual, philosophical, political, mystical, and erotic strains that have emerged over millennia, this broadly representative selection also includes a preface on the art of translation, a general introduction to Chinese poetic form, biographical headnotes for each of the poets, and concise essays on the dynasties that structure the book. The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry captures with impressive range and depth the essence of China's illustrious poetic tradition.

Tony Barnstone holds a master's degree in English and creative writing as well as a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from Whittier College. from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in English literature. TONGUE OF WAR: FROM PEARL HARBOR TO NAGASAKI (BkMk Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2009), The Golem of Los Angeles (Red Hen Press, 2008), which earned the Benjamin Saltman Award in Poetry, Sad Jazz: Sonnets (Sheep Meadow Press, 2005), Impure: Poems (University Press of Florida, 1998), and Naked Magic (Main Street Rag) are among his poetry collections. He is also a well-known Chinese poet and literary prose translator, as well as an editor of literary textbooks. Chinese Erotic Poetry (Everyman, 2007); The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry (Anchor, 2005); Out of the Howling Storm: The New Chinese Poetry (Wesleyan, 1993); Laughing Lost in the Mountains: Poems of Wang Wei (University Press of New England, 1991); The Art of Writing: Teachings of the Chinese Masters (Shambhala, 1996); and the textbooks Literatures of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East (University Press of New England, 1991);

The Grand Award of the Strokestown International Poetry Festival, a Pushcart Prize in poetry, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council are among his honors. Barnstone, who was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, has lived in Greece, Spain, Kenya, and China.

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ISBN 13	9780385721981
ISBN 10	0385721986
Title	The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry
Author	Tony Barnstone
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-02-08
Number of pages	512
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