A History of Western Appreciation of English-translated Tang Poetry

This book examines the development of English-translated Tang poetry and its propagation to the Western world. It consists of two parts, the first of which addresses the initial stage of English-translated Tang poetry's propagation, and the second exploring its further development. By analyzing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jiang, Lan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg , 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:China Academic Library,
Subjects:
Poetry.
History.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Literature-Translations.
ISBN:9783662563526
ISSN:2195-1853
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • An overview of the history background
  • Research on the early significant texts
  • British Sinologist Herbert A. Giles and his contributions
  • Other early Sinologist and their outstanding contributions
  • British poet Launcelot A. Cranmer-brng and Tang poetry
  • The British sinologist and poet Arthur Waley
  • British diplomat William J. B. Fletcher
  • The propagation of Tang poetry in the west: historical background and characteristics of its developing stage
  • American adaptation of Tang poetry translations from Europe
  • Tang poetry in classical Chinese Poetry anthologies
  • Ezra Pound's Cathay and the trabslation of Tang poetry to the west
  • The beginning studies on Chinese poetic theories
  • Fir-flower tablets and its authors
  • Contributions by Chinese-American scholars
  • Development after the 1950S
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography.

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