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The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry from Early Times to the Thirteenth Century Hard cover - 1984
by Burton Watson (trans., ed.)
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- Title The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry from Early Times to the Thirteenth Century
- Author Burton Watson (trans., ed.)
- Binding Hard cover
- Edition Second Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 385
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia, New York
- Date 1984
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1130393
- ISBN 9780231056823 / 0231056826
- Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
- Dimensions 9.56 x 6.37 x 1.22 in (24.28 x 16.18 x 3.10 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Chinese poetry - Translations into English
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 83026182
- Dewey Decimal Code 895.110
First line
POETRY has been many things to the Chinese over the long centuries of their history - a hymn to ancestral spirits, a celebration of the beauties of nature, an expression of friendship or a pleasant accompaniment to a social gathering, a medium for airing political criticisms, for venting grief, for advancing a courtship.
