{"product_id":"the-golden-year-of-fan-cheng-ta-a-chinese-rural-sequence-rendered-into-english-verse-paperback-9781107679238","title":"The Golden Year of Fan Cheng-Ta; A Chinese Rural Sequence Rendered into English Verse (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107679238","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Golden Year of Fan Cheng-Ta\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Chinese Rural Sequence Rendered into English Verse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA re-issue of Mr Bullett's 1946 text of Fan Cheng-ta's cycle of small poems reflecting the Chinese rural year.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerald Bullett (Edited and translated by), Tsui Chi (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107679238, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e46 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.4 x 12.9 x 0.3 cm, 0.07 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEight centuries divide us from Fan Cheng-ta, but across this gap of time his voice may still be heard - suave, familiar, peaceable - in a cycle of small poems which, reflecting the Chinese rural year, seem as fresh today as when they first came from his brush. The task of rendering the quality of Chinese poetry into English is temptingly difficult; and success in such an enterprise is rare and rewarding. How it came to be attempted by an English poet with the help of a Chinese scholar is told briefly in Mr Bullett's preface. The current edition is a re-issue of Mr Bullett's 1946 text.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Early spring\u003cbr\u003e 2. Late spring\u003cbr\u003e 3. Summer\u003cbr\u003e 4. Autumn\u003cbr\u003e 5. Winter\u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265876906264,"sku":"9781107679238","price":19.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107679238i.jpg?v=1694507593","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-golden-year-of-fan-cheng-ta-a-chinese-rural-sequence-rendered-into-english-verse-paperback-9781107679238","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}