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A comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry from the 12th century B.C. to the present.
"This magnificent collection has the effect of a complete library rather than of an anthology of poetry.... A lyric quality comes through into our own language... Every page is alive with striking and wonderful things, immediately accessible." —Publishers Weekly
"Sunflower Splendor is the largest and, on the whole, best anthology of translated Chinese poems to have appeared in a Western language."—The New York Times Book Review
"This remarkably fine anthology should remain standard for a long time." —Library Journal
"... excellent translations by divers hands. Open to any page and listen to the still, sad music... " —Washington Post Bookworld
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Stephan Moore
reviewed Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry on November 22, 2016
Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry
The bulk of this collection nicely represents the "classical" period, that is, a couple thousand years worth of Chinese poetic endeavors. And they're just fine. The problem is is that they come across as rather stale and unimaginative, wine songs to state counselors and walkings through city gates. That's part of the problem with an immense historical collection like this. Burdened by the circumstance in distance and time, and not to mention translation, the nuance and subtlety of these older poems are lost, reduced to copious footnotes which interrupt the text. This isn't so much of an issue once you get into modern times, but the problem with those poems is that they've become too infused with the styles of other lands. It might be a better approach to latch on to a poet you like and dig in to his or her works first. Noble compilations such as this can be overwhelming.
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