Chinese Erotic Poems by Tony Barnstone

Chinese Erotic Poems by Tony Barnstone

A dazzling collection of Chinese erotic poems about deep love and pure lust, enticement and seduction, ecstasy and disappointment, that span nearly three thousand years and include many poems never before translated into English.

The ancient Chinese tradition of erotic poetry has been largely ignored in the west. Now, a vast continent of sensual verse is opened to us with this glorious collection spanning nearly Here are poems that express need, hunger, grief, and longing--for husbands and wives and for concubines and lovers; poems by turns explicit or subtle, light-hearted or desperate, written from both men's and women's points of view. The editors have drawn on a wide range of sources from 600 BCE to the present, including highly literary poems, popular verse, and folk songs, as well as poems that appeared in ancient Daoist sex manuals, in classical novels of the Ming Dynasty, and in collections of erotic prints. The result is an array of voices that speak the universal language of desire.

For the first time, all the major works of this beloved writer are gathered together in one hardcover volume.

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	9780307265678
ISBN 10	0307265676
Title	Chinese Erotic Poems
Author	Tony Barnstone
Series	Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2007-10-16
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.