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Three Chinese Poets (Paperback)

by Vikram Seth (Author)
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  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: HarperPerennial; Paperback Original edition (30 Sep 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0060950242
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060950248
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 0.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 982,525 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The three Chinese poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China, or indeed the world. Wang Wei with his quiet love of nature and Buddhist philosophy; Li Bai, the Taoist spirit, with his wild, flamboyant paeans to wine and the moon; and Du Fu, with his Confucian sense of sympathy with the suffering of others in a time of civil war and collapse. These three poets of a single generation, responding differently to their common times, crystallise the immense variety of China and the Chinese poetic tradition and, across a distance of twelve hundred years, move the reader as it is rare for even poetry to do. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


About the Author

Vikram Seth was born in 1952. He trained as an economist and has lived for several years each in England, California, China and India. He is the author of A Suitable Boy, which was an international number one bestseller, An Equal Music and several other novels. He has also written five volumes of poetry including Beastly Tales. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Translations which are close to the essence., 23 Sep 2000
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It is amazing to realise that Mr Seth, author of A Suitable Boy & Equal Music, enjoys the simple classic chinese poetry form known as the 'Tang Shi'. The three poets of Du Fu, Li Bai and Wang Wei belonged to the Tang Dynasty era, where the various schools of thought such a Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism were widely promoted. It is not really nesscary to emphasise that the nature of their writings were influenced mainly by the school of thought which they followed, particularly in Li Bai's case. I have read some of the poems in their original language before I read Mr Seth's translations and I find myself enjoying the manner in which he has proceeded to present these poems. I agree that some of the lyrical quality is lost when it does not have the Mandarin tones, yet he has not failed to get the true feeling of the poems across. This is particularly evident in the poem by Wang Wei entitled 'Lady Xi', when the true feeling is conveyed by what was not said rather than what was said. It was an excellent effort and I hope that Mr Seth would translate other poems from other time periods as well, like the 'Song Ci' and the poet Su Dongpo, which he mentions in his introduction. The Three poets in his book are only focused on one time period.
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