Elegies of Chu

楚辞

This anthology, Elegies of Chu, will provide readers with an understanding of Chinese literature, examining its evolution from free-spirited, mythico-religious songs to the more formal, polished style of the Han court.
Elegies of Chu (in Chinese, Chuci), is one of the two surviving collections of ancient Chinese poetry, and a key source for the whole tradition of Chinese poetry
The translation is based on the original anthology compiled in the Han dynasty by Wang Yi (fl. 2nd century CE), and containing poems compiled roughly between the 3rd century BCE through the Han dynasty
Employs literary English devices in order to emphasise the original structure of these Chinese poems
Examines the vivid diction of the source text through close analysis of the onomatopoeia, ornate descriptions, exotic flowers, dramatic landscapes, metaphors and startling similes found in the selected elegies

2022-01-01

Oxford University Press

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9780198818311