- Description
Description
- Sikong Tu's "Twenty-four Styles of Poetry" teaches that poets must perfect themselves internally in order to achieve perfection in what they write.
- "Poets' Jade Splinters" contains aphoristic prescriptions and humorous anecdotes about poetry, poets, and the rules of composition. Assorted commentaries and critical evaluations focus on Chinese lyrical poetry.
Author: Tony Barnstone
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 06/25/1996
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 7.20h x 5.02w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781570620928
ISBN10: 157062092X
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | General
- Literary Criticism | Asian | Chinese
- Self-Help | Creativity
About the Author
Tony Barnstone is a poet, translator, and literary critic who teaches creative writing and literature at Whittier College in Whittier, California. His books include Laughing Lost in the Mountains: Selected Poems of Wang Wei and Out of the Howling Storm: The New Chinese Poetry.