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The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry

An Anthology of Verse from the Republican Period
  • Translated by: Herbert Batt and Sheldon Zitner
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2016
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A collection of early twentieth-century vernacular poetry that foreshadows the emergence of the modern Chinese nation.

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Herbert Batt taught English in China for eight years and has translated several collections of modern Chinese fiction.

Sheldon Zitner (1924-2005) taught English literature at the University of Toronto and is the author of several volumes of poetry including Before We Had Words and The Asparagus Feast.

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“The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry provides a comprehensive picture of the rise of modern poetry in vernacular Chinese and its first golden age from the 1910s to the 1940s. In both breadth and depth, this is arguably the best collection available in English to date, further enriched by the insightful introductions and informative biographies. An enjoyable read for anyone interested in understanding Chinese modernity through the lens of poetry.” Michelle Yeh, University of California, Davis

“What makes The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry indispensable and unprecedented is its coverage: fifty of the most important Chinese poets of the first half of the twentieth century, several of them women. Neatly grouped into five separate divisions, t


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