Excursions in Chinese Culture
| Author | : Marie Chan |
| Publisher | : Chinese University Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9622019153 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9789622019157 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Excursions in Chinese Culture by : Marie Chan
Download or read book Excursions in Chinese Culture written by Marie Chan and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eclectic collection includes an introduction to the Ming scholar Yang Shen and his wife and translations of some of their poems; an exploration of a middle ground between the literalist and non-literalists approaches to Chinese-English verse translation; a close critical analysis of the relationship between the tonal patterns of a Tang-regulated quatrain and poetic meaning; and a inquiry into the poetic use of function words in Tang poetry.
