Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese literature
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature: Poems and essays
Author: An anthology of contemporary Chinese literature : Taiwan 1949 - 1974. 1. Poems and essays
Author: Bangyuan QiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Another Kind of Nation
Author: Er ZhangPublisher: Talisman House, Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
"Another Kind of Nation" collects works by twenty-four poets from mainland China born after 1960 who are currently writing and publishing in Chinese. Although well-known in China, most of them appear in English translation for the first time in this book. Edited by Chinese poets Zhang Er and Chen Dongdong, "Another Kind of Nation" offers an introduction to Chinese poetry today in the shadows of a long poetic tradition, the globalization of capitalism, and a renewed nationalism. The Chinese texts are presented in the original as well as in English translations prepared by American poet/translators in collaboration with Chinese writers. The book includes introductions by the editors in English and in Chinese, a preface on the translation process, and biographical notes for both poets and translators. -- From publisher's description.
An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature
Author: The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature
Author: Joseph S. M. LauPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231138413
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
An anthology of Chinese fiction, poetry, and essays written during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Indigenous Writers of Taiwan
Author: John BalcomPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231509992
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Few people beyond the shores of Taiwan are aware that it is home to a population of indigenous peoples who for more than fifteen thousand years have lived on the island. Over the years, through the Chinese imperial period, the Japanese occupation, and for most of the twentieth century, the indigenous peoples of Taiwan were marginalized and deprived of rights. However, with the lifting of martial law in 1987, new government policies regarding ethnic groups, and growing interest in Taiwan's aboriginal peoples, indigenous writing began to blossom. With its intense and lyrical explorations of a fading culture, indigenous writing has become an important topic of discussion in Taiwanese literary circles. This collection of indigenous literature is the first such anthology in English. In selecting the stories, essays, and poems for the anthology, the editors provide a representative sampling from each of Taiwan's nine indigenous tribes. The writers explore such themes as the decline of traditional ways of life in Taiwan's aboriginal communities, residual belief in ancestral spirits, assimilation into a society dominated by Han Chinese, and the psychological and economic encroachment of the outside world. Their writings offer previously unheard perspectives on the plight of aboriginal cultures and the experiences of Taiwanese minorities. John Balcom has included an introduction to provide the reader with background information on Taiwan's indigenous peoples. The introduction addresses the origins of Taiwan's Austronesian peoples and general information on their culture, languages, and history. A discussion of the growth and development of indigenous literature, its sociolinguistic and cultural significance, and the difficulties faced by such writers is also included.
Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry
Author: Michelle Mi-Hsi YehPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300059472
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Presents more than three hundred poems by sixty-six poets from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong translated into modern English.
Frontier Taiwan
Author: Michelle YehPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231518412
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Taiwan has evolved dramatically from a little-known island to an internationally acclaimed economic miracle and thriving democracy. The history of modern Taiwanese poetry parallels and tells the story of this transformation from periphery to frontier. Containing translations of nearly 400 poems from 50 poets spanning the entire twentieth century, this anthology reveals Taiwan in a broad spectrum of themes, forms, and styles: from lyrical meditation to political satire, haiku to concrete poetry, surrealism to postmodernism. The in-depth introduction outlines the development of modern poetry in the unique historical and cultural context of Taiwan. Comprehensive in both depth and scope, Frontier Taiwan beautifully captures the achievements of the nation's modern poetic traditions.
An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature: Short stories
Author: Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Twentieth-century Chinese Women's Poetry: An Anthology
Author: Julia C. LinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317453190
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Chinese women's writing is rich and abundant, although not well known in the West. Despite the brutal wars and political upheavals that ravaged twentieth-century China, the ranks of women in the literary world increased dramatically. This anthology introduces English language readers to a comprehensive selection of Chinese women poets from both the mainland and Taiwan. It spans the early 1920s and the era of Republican China's literary renaissance through the end of the twentieth century. The collection includes 245 poems by forty poets in elegant English translations, as well as an extensive introduction that surveys the history of contemporary Chinese women's poetry. Brief biographical head notes introduce each poet, from Bin Xin, China's preeminent woman poet in the early Republican period, to Rongzi, a leading poet of modern Taiwan. The selections are startling, moving, and wide-ranging in mood and tone. Together they present an enticing palette of delightful, elegant, playful, lyric, and tragic poetry.