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Three Chinese Poets

Name: Three Chinese Poets
ISBN: 9780060950248

Vikram Seth

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 29, 1993

Reading lane: Chinese Poetry

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Why This Clicks

Three Poetic Voices

Three distinct T’ang poets open a window onto the breadth of Chinese poetic tradition.

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Contrasting responses from Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu
A vivid encounter with Chinese poetry

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Three poets shaped by common times
Poetry that moves across twelve centuries

Book Details

Authors: Vikram Seth
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: September 29, 1993
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Chinese Poetry · Indic Literary Collections
Reading lane: Chinese Poetry

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About This Book

The three T'ang dynasty poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China, or indeed the world. Responding differently to their common times, Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu crystallize 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.