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1	The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations more books like this by Gary Snyder, Jim Dodge (Introduction by) add to wishlist A selection of the work of Beat poet and Pulitzer Prize-winning essayist Gary Snyder, this volume concentrates more on non-poetic writings than otherwise. Essays on Buddhism, environmentalism, and his own life join several interviews and a selection of Snyder's letters. see all copies from $10.81! new only from $13.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Clouds Should Know Me by Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China more books like this by Red Pine, Red Pine (Editor), Mike O'Connor (Editor) add to wishlist The voices of 14 eminent Chinese poet monks whose works span 12 centuries (A.D. 700-1900) are presented in both the original Chinese and in an English translation. The collection includes 136 poems divided into six sections with translator introductions to each poet and his work. Illustrations. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $7.97! \| SVS
3	One Hundred Poems from the Chinese more books like this by Kenneth Rexroth (Translator) add to wishlist Now in its 21st printing. Thirty-five poems by the great Tu Fu (T'ang Dynasty, 713-770) make up the first part of this volume -- with the remainder devoted to classic poets of the Sung Dynasty (10th-12th centuries) including: Mei Yao Ch'en, Su Tung P'o, Lu Yu, Chu His, Hsu Chao, and the poetesses Li Ch'ing Chao and Chu Shu Chen. With a translator ... see all copies from $2.13! new only from $8.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Chinese Lyricism more books like this by Professor Burton Watson (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $46.73!
5	Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death more books like this by Zen Monks, Zen Monks, Yoel Hoffmann add to wishlist Presenting a collection of jisel (death poems) composed by Japanese zen monks and haiku poets on the verge of death, this volume also includes background information to aid understanding of the works. see all copies from $7.64! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
6	The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century more books like this by Professor Burton Watson (Editor) add to wishlist -- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies see all copies from $2.51! new only from $40.29!
7	How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology more books like this by Zong-Qi Cai (Editor) add to wishlist In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive introduction and extensive thematic table of contents ... see all copies from $24.25! new only from $33.50! \| SVS
8	Art of Chinese Poetry more books like this by James J Y Liu add to wishlist This concise introduction to Chinese poetry serves as a primer for English-speakers eager to expand their understanding and enjoyment of Chinese culture. James J. Y. Liu first examines the Chinese language as a medium of poetic expression and, contrary to the usual focus on the visual qualities of Chinese script, emphasizes the auditory effects of ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $17.77! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry: From Ancient to Contemporary, the Full 3000-Year Tradition more books like this by Tony Barnstone (Editor), Chou Ping (Editor) add to wishlist Unmatched in scope and literary quality, The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry" "spans three thousand years, bringing together more than six hundred poems by more than one hundred thirty poets, in translations-many new and exclusive to the book-by an array of distinguished translators. Here is the grand sweep of Chinese poetry, from the Book of Songs ... see all copies from $6.63! new only from $10.18! \| SVS
10	Three Chinese poets. more books like this by Vikram Seth add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
11	The Chinese Painter as Poet more books like this by Jonathan Chaves add to wishlist This exhibition explores the poetry-painting relationship in Chinese art, the Ways in which the relationship manifested in visual art and the common themes that have inspired painters and poets throughout Chinese history, from the Jin Dynasty (1115 - 1234) through the 20th century. The 36 artworks features paintings, calligraphy, woodblock printed ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $77.00!
12 view cover	Women Poets of China more books like this by Kenneth Rexroth (Editor), Ling Chung (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.15!
13 view cover	The Chinese Translations more books like this by Witter Bynner add to wishlist see all copies from $4.92! new only from $21.19! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry more books like this by Wu-Chi Liu add to wishlist This is a comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry from the 12th century B.C. to the present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Columbia Book of Later Chinese Poetry: Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing Dynasties (1279-1911) more books like this by Jonathan Chaves (Editor) add to wishlist A representative sampling of works by the leading Chinese poets is acompanied by biographical sketches and a brief history of Chinese literature. see all copies from $4.30! new only from $59.76! \| first editions
16 view cover	Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940 more books like this by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, Judy Yung add to wishlist Text and poetry from immigrants who passed through the island which has been called the "Ellis Island of the West". see all copies from $3.96! new only from $16.37! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Beyond Spring: Tz'u Poems of the Sung Dynasty more books like this by Professor Julie Landau (Translator) add to wishlist This anthology of poetry from the Sung Dynasty, translated into English, represents the golden age of the Tz'u period in the 10th-12th centuries AD. These translations of an important lyric form in Chinese literature strive to capture the phrasing and rhythms crucial to Tz'u. Organized by individual poets, the collection includes an introduction ... see all copies from $2.85! new only from $17.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry more books like this by Professor Michelle Yeh (Editor) add to wishlist Presents more than 300 poems written by 65 different poets, all translated into modern English. The book covers the three watersheds in Chinese poetry - the early years before civil war, the Taiwan phase from the 1950s to the 1970s, and finally the post-1970s with the avant-garde movement. see all copies from $3.57! new only from $22.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	100 More Poems from Chinese more books like this by Kenneth Rexroth add to wishlist This is a collection of translations from Chinese done down the years solely to please myself. It is offered with no pretense to scholarship or to mastery of that complex subject, Sinology. see all copies from $3.09! new only from $7.53! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Twentieth century Chinese poetry; an anthology. more books like this by Kai-yu Hsu (Compiled by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Chinese Poetry, 2nd Ed., Revised: An Anthology of Major Modes and Genres more books like this by Wai-Lim Yip, Wai-Lim Yip (Editor) add to wishlist This is the first paperback edition of a classic anthology of Chinese poetry. Spanning two thousand years - from the "Book of Songs" (circa 600 BC) to the chi form of the Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368) - these 150 poems cover all major genres that students of Chinese poetry must learn. Newly designed, the unique format of this volume will enhance its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.73! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Classical Chinese Poetry: An Anthology more books like this by David Hinton (Editor) add to wishlist With this groundbreaking collection, translated and edited by the renowned poet and translator David Hinton, a new generation will be introduced to the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature, and this rich and far-reaching ... see all copies from $24.95! new only from $39.97! \| first editions
23 view cover	Harmony Garden: The Life, Literary Criticism, and Poetry of Yuan Mei (1716-1798) more books like this by J D Schmidt add to wishlist This is the first complete study of China's most popular eighteenth-century poet in any Western language. The work consists of a detailed biography, a study of Yuan's revolutionary reinterpretation of Chinese literary theory, and an analysis of his many contributions to the more original genres of Qing-dynasty (1644-1911) poetry such as narrative, ... see all copies from $143.22! new only from $178.41!
24 view cover	Poems of the Late T'Ang more books like this by A C Graham (Translator) add to wishlist Classical Chinese poetry reached its pinnacle during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), and the poets of the late T'ang-a period of growing political turmoil and violence-are especially notable for combining strking formal inovation with raw emotional intensity. A. C. Graham's slim but indispensable anthology of late T'ang poetry begins with Tu Fu, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.03! \| SVS
25 view cover	Chinese Poems more books like this by Arthur Waley add to wishlist Scores of poems in incomparable translations by brilliant British sinologist: "16 Songs of Courtship," "Hymn to the Fallen," "Ballad of Mulan," more, including many works by the poet Po Chu-I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.42! \| first editions \| SVS

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