William Hung (1893–1980)
Auteur van Tu Fu, China's greatest poet
Over de Auteur
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Werken van William Hung
A concordance to the analects of Confucius 1 exemplaar
Xiao jing yin de = A concordance to Hsiao ching 1 exemplaar
Du shi nian biao fu yin de 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1893-10-27
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1980-12-22
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- China
- Geboorteplaats
- Fuzhou, Fujian, Qing Empire
- Plaats van overlijden
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Relaties
- Blakney, R. B. (colleague)
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Statistieken
- Werken
- 11
- Leden
- 20
- Populariteit
- #589,235
- Waardering
- 5.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 5
This book, still the most comprehensive biography of Du Fu in English, gives a much more realistic and well rounded picture. William Hung concentrates on placing the poems in the context of the poet's life and doesn't have much to say about their literary merit, their complex forms, or their allusions to earlier poems. On the other hand, he gives a very full account of the range of Du Fu's subject matter and how the poems relate to his circumstances and surroundings. The book is dated, and its translations are colorless, but it is of vital importance to understanding this most humane of Chinese poets.… (meer)