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Poetry and Poetry Criticism

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Poetry, History, Memory

Wang Jingwei and China in Dark Times

The first comprehensive biography of  Wang Jingwei, a poet, politician, and the most controversial figure in modern Chinese history

The Matrix of Lyric Transformation

Poetic Modes and Self-Presentation in Early Chinese Pentasyllabic Poetry

Traces one the most important genres in early Chinese literature through a series of modes connoting varying social milieus, from folk to literati

Having Once Paused

Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481)

A volume of selected poems by Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun (1394–1481), translated into English

Chinese Dreams

Pound, Brecht, Tel Quel

Explores China's significant impact on the 20th-century European avant-garde

Banished Immortal

Searching for Shuangqing, China's Peasant Woman Poet

A lyrical account of a decade-long search for the truth about Shuangqing, China's peasant woman poet

The Bamboo Grove

An Introduction to Sijo

A collection of short, introspective poems known as sijo--a form unique to Korea. They are skillfully translated by Korean scholar, Richard Rutt

The Matrix of Lyric Transformation

Poetic Modes and Self-Presentation in Early Chinese Pentasyllabic Poetry

Traces one the most important genres in early Chinese literature through a series of modes connoting varying social milieus, from folk to literati

Tao Qian and the Chinese Poetic Tradition

The Quest for Cultural Identity

An exploration of the life and poetry of Tao Qian through close readings and cultural and political analysis

In the Voice of Others

Chinese Music Bureau Poetry

Resurrects for the modern reader a significant body of ancient Chinese literature

Songs from Xanadu

Studies in Mongol Dynasty Song-Poetry (<em>San-ch’ü</em>)

The most complete scholarly analysis of Mongol dynasty san-ch’ü poetry available in English, with many translations