10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DU FU»
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Du Fu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Selected Poems of
Du Fu
The poems of Du Fu (712-77) had a diverse range of subject matter, from personal detail to historical fact, expressed with a richness of language that stretched from the elegant to the colloquial, and from the allusive to the direct.
2
Du Fu's Laments from the South
" --Sino-Platonic Papers "This is a remarkable labor of love from an enthusiastic admirer of Du Fu, and should be recommended to all lovers of Chinese poetry." --China Review International, Spring 1996
3
Du Fu: A Life in Poetry
I sing what comes to me in ways both old and modern my only audience right now— nearby bushes and trees elegant houses stand in an elegant row, too many if my heart turns to ashes then that’s all right with me . . . from “Meandering ...
A dozen illustrations by the poet are within this charming book, first in a series, with her paying an homage to Li Bai, Wang Wei, Li He, or Ho, Po Chu-I, Tang: An Homage to, and perhaps a few others; NOT A TRANSLATION, but poems inspired ...
Jean Elizabeth Ward, 2008
5
Facing the Moon: Poems of Li Bai and
Du Fu
Keith Holyoak's translations achieve high level of literary excellency while conveying a real sense of the originals, by favorite 8th century poets Li Bai and Du Fu. Original Chinese calligraphy is on opposite pages.
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Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L
Du Fu was known as the "poet-historian", and his poetry, wide-ranging in form
and subject, documented not only his own life but also the social upheaval of 8th-
century China. Translations Selections and Anthologies Alley, Rewi, Tu Fu: ...
7
Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations
A gull on the sand between Heaven and Earth. — Du Fu, "A Traveller At Night
Writes His Thoughts" ( translated by Florence Ayscough) I have said that Du Fu's
superb quality is what the Buddhists call "scholarship arriving at non-scholarship.
John Minford, Joseph S. M. Lau, 2000
8
Confucian Prophet: Political Thought in
Du Fu's Poetry (752-757)
"This is the best study of a single Chinese poet I have seen in decades. And the best study of Du Fu known to me. David Schneider goes beyond previous works in revealing what might be called the source of Du Fu's gravitas.
9
Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent
unhappy, Du Fu traveled at leisure among the towns and villages comforting
himself with poetry and wine. One day he crossed the river to an island. Having
got drunk, he could not return and spent the night at a wine house. That night the
river ...
10
An Introduction to Chinese Culture through the Family
The center of Du Fu's personal life, his family, is conflated with the center of the
country, the capital, Chang'an. Du Fu mourns, "While far away I think lovingly of
daughters and sons, / Who do not yet know how to remember Chang'an." The An
...
Howard Giskin, Bettye S. Walsh, 2001
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DU FU»
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The right time to read Wright
“Du Fu, the Psalms, Whitman, Rilke. Life has taught me to understand books,” he writes in “Learning to Read” from “F.” Before I could read ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jun 15»
Trending stories in China
Also on Children's Day, the Du Fu Thatched cottage museum in southwest Sichuan province invited local primary school students to celebrate ... «CCTV, Jun 15»
Curator's Choice: Stephanie Bailey on Chinese traditionalist Wang …
Think of the Romantic painters, who often rendered man but a wispy stroke in a vast landscape. Or Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's poem A View of ... «Culture24, May 15»
Sanskrit class reveals China' s growing fever with Indology, Buddhism
Li Yimei, who travels to the classes from Shanghai with her husband Du Fu, studied yoga in India. She said she was eager to know more about ... «Shanghai Daily, May 15»
Belarusian leader, scholars welcome Xi's visit
Galperovich, a 67-year-old man, has grown a strong attachment to China: he translated poems of Du Fu, a famous poet of China's Tang ... «Xinhua, May 15»
April Is Poetry Month, Part IV
Jim Moore, Underground: Jim Moore's sharply observed and often humble poems resemble those of his hero, the great Chinese poet Du Fu: “It ... «Santa Barbara Independent, Apr 15»
Review: Music From Japan Brings In Some Neighbors as Well
Yoichi Sugiyama's “Two Verses by Du Fu” for voice, viola, clarinet and piano, was the other new work on Sunday. In English, it was elusive in its ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
Kung Fu Jungle
... correctional officers), Soi Cheang (prison governor), Tsui Siu-ming (Du Fu-ming/To Fook-ming), Johnny Yuen (Lei Qingyuan/Lui Ching-yuen) ... «Film Business Asia, Jan 15»
Hope releases his first book of poetry
“Two of my biggest influences in poetry are Du Fu and Li Bai,” Hope said. “I feel like they illuminate everyday life with some sort of awareness of ... «Juneau Empire, Dec 14»
Mellon grant will support development of new online platform to …
Named after a poem by noted eighth-century lyric poet Du Fu, the Ten Thousand Rooms platform will allow users to upload images of sources ... «Yale News, Oct 14»
