Overview
- Presents the development of Tang poetry and its propagation to the Western World
- Introduces some early sinologists and provides objective assessments of their contributions from the perspective of a Chinese scholar
- Includes many translated versions of Chinese poems, together with detailed analyses
Part of the book series: China Academic Library (CHINALIBR)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Initial Stage
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The Developing Stage
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About this book
The dissemination of Tang poetry to the Western world is a significant event in the history of cross-cultural communication. From the simple imitation of poetic techniques to the acceptance and identification of key poetic concepts, the Tang poetry translators gradually constructed a classic “Chinese style” in modern American poetry. Hence, the traditional Chinese culture represented by Tang poetry spread more widely in the English-speaking world, producing a more lasting impact on societies and cultures outside China – and demonstrating the poetry’s ability to transcend the boundaries of time, region, nationality and culture.
Due to different cultural backgrounds, the Tang poets or poems admired most by Western readers may not necessarily receive high acclaim in China. Sometimes language barriers and cultural differences make it impossible to represent certain allusions or cultural and ethnic concepts correctly during the translation process. However, in recent decades, the translation of Tang poetry has evolved considerably in both quantity and quality. As culture is manifested in language, and language is part of culture, the translation of Tang poetry has allowed Western scholars to gain an unprecedented understanding of China and Chinese culture.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A History of Western Appreciation of English-translated Tang Poetry
Authors: Lan Jiang
Series Title: China Academic Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56352-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing Co., Ltd and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-56351-9Published: 19 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-58578-8Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-56352-6Published: 08 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2195-1853
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1861
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 265
Topics: Poetry and Poetics, History, general, Regional and Cultural Studies, Translation Studies